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1905. Edison, T.A. - Articles (D-05-07)
This folder contains correspondence requesting Edison to write articles,
correspondence relating to articles about Edison or his inventions, and letters
from journalists seeking to interview Edison or soliciting his statements for
publication.
Approximately 30 percent of the documents have been selected. The
items not selected consist primarily of requests for statements and interviews
that received only a perfunctory response from Edison.
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#142 W. 117th St., N.Y.ClJjy,
Peb.^l;4, 1905,
Will you be kind enough/to grant me a brief inter-
' in behalf of the N. Y. World, Sunday Magazine Section?
iAory whioh, with your permission,
I desire to write in regard to the ^Notion-Books" whioh you use in
your work. A five-minute interview is all I ask, so that I may
get one or two hints to round out /the story. X know you have been
ill, but perhaps, you will Boon tejel strong enough to appoint the
day and date when you can favor *e with this brief word,
, Awaiting you ri reply, I am,
I Respectfully yours,
' ) rvx>v
A/v-uj 'yA/u
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Miss Kathleen E. Barry,
142 W. 117th St.,
Hew York.
Dear Miss Barry:
1905.
Replying to yours of the 14th inst., heg to state that as
I have always made it a rule not do any writing for publication I do
not care to make an appointment.
Yours truly,
y/142 W. XX 7 th. St., N .Y .City
Feb. 22, 190 B.
My dear Mr. Randolph : —
Permit me to thank yjbn very heartily for
your courteous letter of the 21st.
Naturally I am k/enly disappointed hy Mr.
Edison's refusal to allow one little nqfte-book to be photographed,
hut perhaps at a later date he may re/ent. I am sure a great, hig,
intellectual giant, broad-minded any kindly, as he 1b, would not
refuse to help a poor little newspaper woman hy granting her a favor
that would not give him one iota pf trouble, if he really knew how
much it meant to her .
I have s/lendid material for my atory, secured
from men who have worked with j)tr . Edison , and a fine set of picturea
showing him in his laboratory/in various poses, and if I only had
a facsimile page of one of tMe note-books around which my story is
written, I' d\ consider myselff the luckiest individual on earth.
\ I wifl.1 write to you again in about a fort¬
night, and meanwhile if you have opportunity, maybe you'd tell Mr.
Edison that if Ve will peijmit me to visit the laboratory with my
photographer ana take a sfiap at the note-book, it will give a hard¬
working woman a big lift /in her profession.
\ Shanks for information about Telegraph Age.
I will look it up. \ /
\J Gratefully yours,
CHICAGO AMERICAN
Chicago, Kay 8th, 1905.
Mr. Thos. A. Edison,
Orange, 1-T. J.
.My Dear Mr. Misons-
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Koine time ago when I was Sunday Editor for Kr. Thos. fS.
Wanamaker's "Philadelphia 'Torth American", you wrote an article
for me on "Cigarettes", analyzing their effect on the human mind
and body.
In m argument with one of my Editors on Saturday, I
asserted that there wan little difference between rolling your own
cigarette, and smoking ih os e already prepared, lie claimed, however,
that good tobacco with pure rice paper, contained no aorolin, and
was no more injurious than a pipe or cigar-.
Will you kindly settle this dispute for us, and let me
know who is in the right.
To my knowledge, that one-half pafee article of yours
two or three years ago, cured several newspaper men of the cigarette
habit .
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kindness of Mr,
Squire, I took up the matter indirectly of asking you to write
an article to he sen^ut by Potentia to six or seven different
countries. This article is especially desired for England,
Era nee and Germany although we would he greatly pleased to use it
also in the United Sti
is. A short time ago t
i enquiry reached this
) from you through a hanking agency. This was evidently done
:ertain our standing. 1 think I fully satisfied the representa¬
tive of the Banking Agency as to who we were, and I am now arixio’
waiting for some word from you as to the article in question.
The authors who have written for Potentia so far are Sir Charles
W. Dilke, Baron de Gonstant, Paul Beschanel, Paul Morton, Count
Apponyi, Caesare Lombroso, and among those who are now writing
3 Mr. John Morley, Mr. James Brici
Postmaster General
Cortelyou, Secretary of Commerce Metcalfe, President Hadley of Yale,
If it would suit your convenience to write something
either along the lines already suggested or upon some topic which
would suit you better, I assure you you would find yourself in an
entirely creditable company, and the article would reach the peoples
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of many countries, "being translated into several different
languages for that purpose. The principal journals in each
European Capital use the articles. I may also say that
a r Norman Lockyer is to make the announcement of a new discovery
through us, and Mr. Ramsay, Mr. Barwin and several other scientific
men in England have agreed to do the same.
I should he very pleased to hear that you were going
to write as suggested, and X thank you most sincerely in advance for
the courtesy of a reply to this letter.
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July 24, 1905.
Mr, J. 1). Whelpley,
Caro The Poteutia Organization,
1 Madison Ave», S. Y. City,
Dear Sir:-
Jir. Edison lias referred to the writer yotir favor of July loth,
having reference to an article to ho written "by Mr. Edison, and sent out
through your organizations.
Mr. Edison does not write articles of any kind whatever. He
is ail extremely busy nan, and devotes his entire time and efforts to
his onperieraonts, so that it is impossible for him to give any time to
the writing of articles. :ir. Squire -brought up thin question about a
week ago, and the writer took it up with Mr. Edison, but ho declined to
do anything.
Mr, Squire suggested that possibly an interview could be ar¬
ranged with Mr. Edison, from which an article could be gotten up, but
the article would have to be made up by somebody elso, and before being
finally printed be submitted to Mr. Edison for his approval. Possibly
this would be satisfactory to you. The writer has not suggested it
to Mr. Edison, but, if you think well of it, ho will do so, and lot you
know if an engagement:, oould be made. Of course, it goes without say
ing, that the interview would have to be pre-arranged in such a way that
Mr. Edison could give his views, and answer such questions as may be put
to him on such subjects as you might care to bring up with which he is
familiar. Yours very truly,
V/3G/T3I3D
LESTER-VANDERLIP FURNACE CO.
PULVERIZED COAL BURNERS
AND GARBAGE FURNACES
Thomas A.. Edisi
Menlo Pj
Oran(
Dear Sir:-
New York,...
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I read with a great deal of pleasare^the interview ^
James Cree.lman in last Sunday's World, particularly \the part where you
state that in the future power plants will be established at the mines. £
This Company was organized on September 18th, 1905, along the
very lines that you have suggested. I take great pleasure in enclosing
you a copy of the Prospectus that we have prepared for the printer, and
would respectfully ask if you would allow us to ubs the part we have
taken from your interview.
If you would care to look over our drawings, I should be pleased
to bring over a set to your laboratory at any time that suits your con¬
venience .
I have the honor to remain.
Respectfully yours,
Pre s .
A
[ENCLOSURE]
PROSPECTUS OF THE
LESTEH-US HHI P FURNACE CO.
ORGANIZED AND INCORPORATED UNDER THE
LAWS OP THE STATE OP NEW ifORK..
CAPITALIZATION - $600,000 IN SHARES
OP $100 EACH.
Offices, 120-22 Liberty St., N. if
OFFICERS.
President - Washington B. Vanderlip, *. Ev
Vice President- J. Franldyn Lester.
Secretary - H. S. Mackaye.
Treasurer - Dr. Jesse W. Hedden.
for Franc
‘'starr? to
the St. Paul on Saturday morning under the doctor's ordors. I am
say that that article was 43. copyrighted. But I can assure* you
that neither I nor the World will leave anything undone to prevent those people
from using that interview or your name in any way we possibly can. I ceratinly
ohall not consent and the World will also refuse its consent. I will do anything
in the way of an objection that you may suggest. The World will also heartily
co-oporate in opposition. If, during my absence in Europe, you. may find it
necessary to communicate with the World management, please address Mr. Bradford
Merrill, the financial manager and editorial supervisor of the whole paper.
He has your letter in his possession, I have explained matters to him, and he has
promised to act in the most friendly and energetic way if occasion arises.
Sincerely yours.
1905. Edison, T.A. - Book and Journal Orders
(D-05-08)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
book and journal orders placed by Edison and members of his family. Included
are items pertaining to works on mining, smelting, chemicals, and producer
gas.
Less than 10 percent of the documents have been selected. The items
not selected consist of acknowledgments for orders placed, together with a
receipt for books purchased by Madeleine Edison.
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EUROPEAN HEADQUARTERS
Thomas A.
EDISON’S
Phonographs, _
NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH Go. Ltd.
SagEF EDISON MANUFACTURING ©o. Ltd.
Edlson-Prlmary
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25, Clerkenwe]] Road,
London, E.C.
17th January , 1905 .
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, New Jarsey.
Dear Sir,
Concerning the request which you mada to ths writer while in
Orange last month, X leg to advise that wa have had your name
p lac ad on the mailing list of the "Talking Machine Haws" and
"Cinematograph Chronicle " and a copy of this papar will ha sanfc to
you oaoh month direct. V/e have also procurad for you copies of
t.na October, November , December and January numbers, and wa are
mailing sama under separate cover.
Very truly yours ,
J-H.W./I.D.
1905. Edison, T.A. - Clubs and Societies (D-05-09)
This folder contains correspondence relating to Edison's membership
and activities in social clubs and professional societies. Among the items for
1905 are documents pertaining to the American Institute of Electrical
Engineers, the Essex County Country Club, the Magnetic Club of New York,
the Old Time Telegraphers' and Historical Association, and various automobile
clubs and philanthropic organizations.
Less than 10 percent of the documents have been selected. The items
not selected include invitations that Edison declined and correspondence from
organizations in which he did not involve himself. Some items bear perfunctory
Edison marginalia commenting that he is "too busy" to participate.
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21 Fin SxnmsT, January 14, 1905.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange,!*. .T.
Dear Mr. Edison:-
I have your esteemed favor of the 13th instant,
and we are delighted with the prospect of having you with us at
our annual Banquet. We certainly hope nothing will transpire
to prevent your Being able to attend.
Cordially yours,
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Mr. Walter S. Mallory,
c/o Mr. Thos. A. Vldiso:
Orange ,
Bear Hr. Mallory:
This is to confiii
trie dinner of the Magnetic
evening, April 13th, as my
All of lir. Edison
learn that he has promised
enjoy being with us almost
X understand that he will
think he can he induced
in our conversation and d:
we can reproduce at the i
as the guest of honor on
make such a phonographic
safeguarded and returned
property.
X regret that the room in which the dinner to he held
has no lxilcony and that therefore there will he no suitable accommo¬
dation for ladies at the dinner. If it were otherwise we should
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verbal invitation to you to attend
at the Hotel Astor on Thursday
nal guest.
are very much pleased to
esent. I feel sure that he will
much V? we shall enjoy having him.
■ipt\to speak in person. Bo you
it the suggestion made
somethin~\to the phonograph which
He will tJte recognised, of course,
J;he occasion. If urV Edison consents to
ecord we will, of course, have it properly
him so that it will m>t become public
insist upon having Mrs- Edison come in, but if she desires to
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V,'. S. Mallory, ESq. ,
c/o The Edison Laboratory, /
\ Orange , K./ J .
My dear Mr. Mallory1; /
I tried to\get you in the telephone this morning, hut
they tell me you will 'not he /in until late this afternoon and I
think perhaps this lett'er h j special delivery is the quickest way of
reaching you. \ /
The arrangementsf.for the banquet on Thursday night are
almost completed. V/e are /waiting . however, to hear as to whether
i '
• exp
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of course wish to give ir
ird from Mr. Edison, as suggested in
he is going to make such a record
phonograph on which to reproduce it and
!t a place ok the programme.
Mrs. Edison and j
I note your latter of the 7th to the effect that Mr
going to return \o Orange on the night of
the banquet. I fear, hcwever, that you wil\). all find this incon¬
venient and I intend speaking to Mrs. Edison '“'later in the day and
repeating the suggestion that we he permitted to reserve accommoda¬
tions for them, and for you if you wish it, in the\Hotel Astor.
The banquet promises to be a very enjoyable occasion. I
understand that Mr. P. V. LeGraw, the newly appointed Assistant
Postmaster General, Mr. P. P. Pish, the President of the telephone
company, Mr. L. C. V/eir, the President of the Adams Express, and a
number of other promineht gentleman are expected to he present.
May I trouble you either to telephone me or write me at
once as to whether Mr. Edison will prepare a phonograph record.
You understand, of course, that we do not urge him to do this, but
the club would be very much honored and pleased if he would consent
to say something in that way.
P. S.
I will meet you on Thursday evening at the banquet room in the
hotel. The hotel attendants will know where the dinner is to be
Telegraph Age
i/i acooraance witn, our conversat ion of to-
tifey this is to remind you thfet you have agreed to
contribute §."00 to the entertainment fund of the
Old Time Telegrapher s' and Historical Association,
the members of which are to meet in reunion in Hew
rork City on August 29,30, 31 and September 1.
Thanking you in the name. of the committee,
as well as personally, f or your generous contribution,
permit me to say that I shall be glad to receive your
In the meantime believe
Very .truly youri
W/ J
N, J.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Llewellyn Park, Vest Orange, H. J. i
I heg to acknowledge receipt of your favor, enclosing
check for $100., in payment of ontf share of stock of the Golf Land
Company of Essex County, for whic L is enclosed herewith Certifioat
of Stock Ho. 170, for one share to your order, and remain, with
thanks for the remittance, /
Old Clme C,elegrapber$’ and historical Association,
OFFICE OF PRESIDENT,
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Thos. A. Edison, Esq.
Orange, New Jersey.
Dear Uri'iEdison: ■ C _ _
As you are av/are, the Old Time Telegraphers l&
Historical Association will hold their annual reunion in
New York City on August 29th, 30th, 31st and September 1st.
The banquet will be held at the Waldorf-Astoria on Thursday
evening, August 31st , at half past six. 1 am sure that the
Old Timers, who will be gathered here from all parts of the
country, will esteem it a great honor to have the pleasure of
meeting you, and therefore, on behalf of the Committee, I extend
to you a cordial invitation to favor us with your presence at
the banquet, with the understanding that you will not be called
upon for an address.
Hoping that you are quite well, and trusting that
you will favor us with an early and favorable reply, I am,
1905. Edison, T.A. - Employment (D-05-10)
This folder contains correspondence from or about employees and
prospective employees. There are also letters soliciting Edison's opinion
regarding former employees seeking positions elsewhere. Most of the
correspondence relates to employment requests for the West Orange
laboratory. Among the items for 1905 are letters from a voluntary association
of Edison's "muckers" (employees), items pertaining to working conditions in
the wax works, and correspondence concerning staffing needs at the West
Orange laboratory and the Edison Chemical Works.
Approximately 5 percent of the documents have been selected. The
items not selected are primarily unsolicited requests for employment at the
laboratory and responses to an advertisement placed in the Electrical World
and other publications. Some of the letters contain marginal notations by
Edison regarding references, interviews, photographs, and salary requirements
of applicants. Samples of these items have been selected.
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SCHENECTADY > H. Y.,
HAT 4i 1905'.
MR. THOS. A. EDISON,
EAST' ORANGE, N. J.
DEAR SIR:-—
We take the liberty to enclose a photo of
Mr-. Milo P. Andrus one of your workmen of more than thirty
years ago. He has followed the electric developement iin
all the stages from Menlo Park to New York and Schenectady.
He has been employed as pattern maker, tool maker and foreman
since the dawn of the era. Being quite aged he' is retiring
Jto-go to the Pacific Coast with r_elatives and we, his fellow
workmen, are eolioftihg for the purchase of a token of remem¬
brance of our associations. If you can do anything to make
old memories sweeter for him, we are sure it will be apprecia¬
ted.
Tours very respectfully,
PABST HARLEM
PABST I-IARLEM
RESTAURANT AND FAMILY RESORT
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74 Broadway
New York
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, If, J.
v ^ ■ May 25th, 1905.
At the present time I am negotiating with Mr. Prank
B. Gilbreth, the Cost-plus-a-f ixed-sum contractor at #34
West 26th Street, Hew York, for a position on his staff.
Taking into consideration the fact that I have never
previously asked you for a letter of approval, I hope you may
see your way clear to write such a letter to Mr. Gilbreth for me.
If you remember, I started in on the work at Stewarts-
ville in the spring of 1900, when Mr. Darling moved his office
there and was there for that season’s work and that of 1901.
During this time we built the railroad to the quarry and opened
that to the extent of the first turn, excavated the reservoir,
built the dam and pipe line, the main tunnel and all the founda¬
tions for the engines, crushers and buildingB, as well as doing
the grading, ditching and erecting about one-half of the build¬
ings of the plant. Of this part of the work I had responsible
charge, organizing the force and doing the work at very low unit
prices for the company and supervising the iron work erection of
the Phoenix Iron Company.
Engineering Company of America
a», ecofa, mw yoiik, 74 Broadway branch offices
New York
engineers and contractors
Mr. Thomas A. Edison -2-
If you will be kind enough to commend me to Mr.
Gilbreth I will ever esteem it as a great favor.
I shall send this to you by Mr. Upton because he
has kept track of me since our work there together.
Wishing you continued good health and good fortune.
I remain,
Very truly yours ,
f'jy/
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Edison Company,
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W. S; MALLORY, Vice-President.
IDOLPII, Secretary-Treasurer.
EDISON CHEMICAL WORKS.
TELEPHONE "8G BLOOMflELD.”
Mr. W. E. Gilmore,
Edison Phonograph Wks. ,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
Silver Lake, N. J., e^z/os.
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I find that it is absolutely necessary for us to have a book
keeper down here as I cannot take care of the whole business as I
thought at the start that I could. There is altogether too much of it.
I write to ask you if you will approve of my getting Mr. Beach back.
He was with us at the time we shut down and is a very good man. We
would have to give him 18.00 a week and he desires to have some assur¬
ance of the permanan£y of the job as he has been laid off twice before
after only a short time of employment. He is at present with the
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1905. Edison, T.A. - Family (D-05-11)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents by and about
Edison's family. Included are letters pertaining to the financial difficulties of
Thomas A. Edison, Jr., and William Leslie Edison as well as items concerning
Edison's relatives in Ohio and Michigan. There are also letters regarding a
sanitarium visited by Thomas A. Edison, Jr., under the assumed name of
Burton Willard.
More than 90 percent of the documents have been selected. The
documents not selected consist of two bills for cement shipped to Glenmont
and a few routine items concerning packages shipped to Edith Edison.
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Geo. F. Ward,
Counsellor at law,
693 Broad St.,
Newark, N. J.
Newark, IT. J., Feb. 2, 1905.
Mr. John F. Randolph,
Care of W. J. Woestendiek.
West Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
I am obliged to briefly addre
correspondence with Thos. A. Edison, Jr.
in my hands for collection for moneys lo
whom I represent. I have written Mr. Ftfison twice, addressing him
at Greenwood Bake, and\he has paid no /attention whatever to either
communication. If you Recall our conversation upon the' subject, you
will remember that you Very kindlWsuggcsted to me that, in the event
he paid no attention to my communication, you possibly might know of
some other course that coiuld be/more effectually pursued by me in the
premises, and which you w&uld /fro me the favor to suggest. This, of
course, I will treat in stWfct confidence.
Believe me,
(ncerning a claim placed '
fed by one, James Sella,
Very truly yours,
51
693 Broad St., ■ \\ \.
Newark, IT. J. $ \)
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Glen Ridge , H. J. , 4/17/05
Mrs. Thos. A. Edison,
V/est Orange, N. J.
Dear Madam:
At Mr. Mallory’s request, I herewith enclose the names
and addresses of those furnishing automobiles for the "Tour of the
ITations" .
Mr. Adams, White Auto Garage, 18 Railroad Place, East. Orange.
Mr. J. W. Aylsv.orth, Laboratory, V/est Orange.
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Dr. Eugene West., 14 Cleveland St., Orange.
Mr. Richard M. Colgate, Llewellyn Park, West Orange.
Edison Phonograph Works, Orange, N. J. (truck)
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New York, June 17th, 1905.
Thomas A. Edison , Esq.,
Dear Sir,-
Over a year ago a Judgment was receovered against
Thomas A. Edison, Jr. and William Holzer hy William McMahon in the
Supreme Court of New York, for one-half of the stock of a corpora¬
tion organized hy them and capitalized for $1,000,000. Hitherto
there has heen no attempt on the part of McMahon and his assignees
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in fact, any remedial action. Owing to the death of the Hon.
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to do so in your son's behalf, we meet anyone whom you may appoint
with a view to a settlement of the matter, on such terms as you^tl|^v*f
may deem it desirable to accept;: or, in oase of your disinclina¬
tion to interfere in the oase, we will be glad to meet your son
or his agent at any time or place for the same purpose, and would
remit him this assurance directly were we aoquainted with his ad-
Yours very respectfully,
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THE CORNWALL SANITARIUM COMPANY
BAKER-ROSE SANITARIUM
Liquor, All Narcotic Drug Addictions and Nervous Diseases
Mr. John T. Randolph.
West Orange. N.J.
JT. ....S.ep.’..t...87.» 290.5... .
Dear Sir:-
Rep lying to your letter of yesterdays date, inquiring if we
would accept a man for treatment and allow his wife to accompany him
and board here during his stay, I will say that we will. We quite often
have such oases, both of wifes aooompaning their husbands and mothers
coming with their sons and remaining during their treatment.
The cost for a full course of tretment for the Liquor Addiotion is
$100. 00. We absolutely destroy the appetite for liquor in any and every
form and cause it, or even the smell of it to become obnoxious to them
after treatment, the appetite does not return either, it is a physical
impossibility for a man to take a drink of liquor and hold it down
after he has taken this treatment, in order to ever get back to drinking
again a man must commence deliberately , with no appetite for it whatever
and fouroe himself to drink it until he gets so that he can hold it on
his stomach, this very few ever do as the appetite is the only thing they/
have to fight, were it not for this overpowering appetite, or craving for
liquor ooming on a man at times anyone oould quit of their own accord,
The length of time required in whioh to cure an ordinary oase is'
four weeks and the board ranges at from §8.00.per week up to $15.00.
The rooms at $8. 00. are all located upon the top floor and no ladies
ever go up there to sleep, The rooms~at $I2.00.per week would cost for
a man and his wife $20rOD^per week or those at $15. 00. would be $25.00.
This would make the entire cost foA treatment and board for the
man and wife either $l80.00Jon §200.00. tt have the finest room in my
house vacant at present and1 it\ would be ,very pleasant for the lady, it
is a front, corner Voom wi£h three windows and very pleasant.
We can reoeive >-patient at^anx-time , day or night, either upon short
notice or no notioe at all, when we know upon what train a patient will
arrive my carriage meets them at the depot. I will be pleased to receive
this party at any time and we will try to make them comfortable and will
surely cure the man of the desire for liquor.
I am living at my Brooklyn residence at present and only run up
here twice each week, should you like to see me personally you oould oall
at my New York Office or I would run over to see you. I willl move from
my present New York Office to-morrow, to one in the Metropolital Life
Building, No— I Madison Ave.but I do not know the number of the room now.
THE CORNWALL SANITARIUM COMPANY
BAKER-ROSE SANITARIUM
Liquor, All Narcotic Drug Addictions and Nervous Diseases
(~$orima//-<>n-3%tte&on, . .
Mr. John E.Randolph:-2.
I neglected to take the number, I know that it is on the fourth floor and
think it is #4064. However , should you oall there the Starter of Elevators
would know as soon as we are in, which will be to-morrow.
Should you wish to communicate with me further or should you think
it best to either run over to see me or for me to go out to see you, I
would suggest that you write me at my New York Office. using the old
address. Room-40. #40 West 28th St, and the letter will be forwarded to me
within an hour after it is delivered there, then, as soon as I go over to
the Office to-morrow morning X will get the number of the new Office
and will write you. Should you write making an appointment please make
it for any days except Tuesdays or Saturdays and those are the two days
that X usually come up here, to-day however is Wednesday but I was deta¬
ined in the City yesterday looking for help.
Awaiting your further communications and hoping to hear from you
soon, I am.
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Orange, N. J., Oct. 7, 1905.
Expenses of J. A. Boehme on trip to Cornwall, N. Y. , to
Cornwall Sanitarium with Mr. and Mrs. Willard:
Car fare to D. 1. & W. .05
Care fare to Penna. E. R. & return. .10
R. R. Pane New York and return .25
Perry to Weehawken .05
R. R. fare N. Y. to Cornwall & return (self) 2.00
R. R. fare " " " (2 singles Mr. & Mrs. V/.) 2.16
Dinner at Penna. R. R. Jersey City .75
Supper " " " " " ' .50
Pd. man carriage Cornwall .25
Paid A. E. R. Banning cash as per attached receipts 200.00
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This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
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Dear Sir:-
S/S "IROQUOIS” , TRIP 35, Jan. 51st. 1904.
On or about the 25th of Oct., of the present year, we mail¬
ed you a bill covering the assessment in general average on goods con¬
signed to you which were on hoard the above steamer at the time she
met with disaster.
As yet we have heard nothing from you in this regard, and
as quite some little time has elapsed, we would thank you for immedi¬
ate settlement.
Yours faithfully.
Dictated by WHAW/BEE.
1905. Glenmont (D-05-21)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
the furnishing and maintenance of Glenmont, Edison's home in Llewellyn
Park. Items for 1905 pertain to the decor and electric lighting of the house.
All of the documents have been selected.
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Orange, N. J., April 17th, 1905.
Mrs, Thomas A. Edison,
LLwellyn Park,
West Orange, N, J.
Dear Madam: -
I enclose herewith pp ecifications and estimate for
the Sun Parlor, third floor East.
Out down front rail, build in solid, panel on the out¬
side, to correspondwith the rest of the outside trim, finish with
oap. lUmish and set two window frames .for double casement win¬
dows, windows to be hinged in the centre and to open in/right and
1 etf.
_ i Spring bolts ,at the top, andbolt at the bottom of each
in the oentre*
Two inch match boards to be laid o#er clap board at
8 ides and back. Base board and moulding to finish.
Floor to be laid of matohed boards.
Wood worit, frames, casements, etc., to be painted,
inside and out. The sides and back to be varnished. Finished
complete under mu perannal supervision for the sumof ft /$*&
Two payments on completion of the carpenter-
work and $ 4^7 the balance on completion of painting and varn¬
ishing.
Hotel Martha Washington,
August 17, 1905.
-Mrs. Thomas A. Edison,
My dear Madam: -
At your request, I soent considerable
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time in consultation with you and in working out color
schemes and general decorative designs for several rooms in
your house at Llewellyn Park, and also in procuring samples of
goods to he used in these decorations, and in submitting
them to you. 1 am now ready to report upon the various rooms
concerning which you consulted me. I desire to state, however,
before giving the detailed estimates that, if my estimates
are accepted and the work ordered from me, it will be necessary,
in order that I may properly carry out the work:
First: That neither the materials already selected
and approved by you nor any details of the treatment agreed
upon, and which are herein referred to and described, be
changed in any instance Yfithout mutual consent expressed in
writing, as it would be impossible for me to undertake the
vrork if any of the goods already selected were turned
and others desired to be substituted in their place.
Krs. Thomas A. Edison 2.
Second: Owing to the size of the contract and to
the necessity for prompt payment of workmen and laborers, and
also of the merchants from whom the material' will he pur-
day of every week during the progress of the work, on account
of the total contract price.
I will now take up the rooms in detail, giving
separately the scheme of decoration for each room, a descrip¬
tion of the material to he used and the estimated expense
of the work.
ICRS. BD1 SON'S
HOOK. To cover one reading lounge tufted*
one arm chair tufted, one side chair tufted and one
reception chair tufted in Louis Damask No. 19002 with¬
out fringe , and two chair cushions in pink liberty velvet
for the sum of . . . §125.00
Seven pair fancy net curtains made and hung . 40.00
To drape dressing table with figure: dcream silk
'■rs . Thomas A. Edison 4.
SOUTH KOOK.
To fix up, recover. in plain blue rep 8471.
One pillow back arm chair,
One pillow back side chair,
One reception chair,
One rocker,
for the sum of . . . §.70.00
Two library chairs covered in ov/n material
Two card tables covered in red feloth,
Approximate estimate. . . . §50.00
BLUE WEST KOOK.
One sofa and one side. chair to be
recovered in own' material for the sum of . . §50.00
Two pair blue silk curtains, no trim.ianing,
made and hung for the sum of . . §20.00
To get and deliver furniture, about . §40.00
Express charges extra. These prices are only if
work is begun at once.
If the above scheme of decoration, materials
described and estimated cost, meets with your approval and
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
The Laboratory,
Orange, N. J.
Dear sirs
Your letter of December 4th received. I shall go out to
Orange as soon as certain details have been completed or corrected at
the building, euch as hardware for the casement windows, which owing
to a blunder of the hardware contractors were not properly made. The
lever handles on these windows are to be removed and knobs substituted
in a few days. Screens are also about ready to be put on.
I am keeping in close touch with the work, but can gain noth¬
ing by going out until matters which are known to be wrong are correct¬
ed.
I should appreciate a cfteok for my bill on account, which is
more than a month overdue, and trust you will kindly give instructions
to have same forwarded to me. Upon the completion of the work, I
will render you a complete statement in detail. Everything that has
been done at the building has been by written communication or written
acceptance, or from samples approved.
Yours very truly.
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December 9, 1905.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Laboratory,
Orange, N. J.
Dear sir:
Replying to your letter of December 6th, would say that there
are two knife switches in the pnale box over the desk, one to control
the calling lights, and one to control the brackets. The matter of
lights was very carefully considered in detail with MrB. Edison, and
since no ceiling lights were originally contemplated, the decision was
to have each bracket light regulated independently at the fixture. This
is the way the rest of the house is wired, there being no local switches
controlling the brackets in the other rooms. However, if you wish to
have the bracket lights controlled by a local Bwitch in addition to the
knife cut-offs, this can be installed without great difficulty.
Men were sent to the house, day before yesterday, to finish a
few minor details, but they were not allowed to do the work. This sum¬
mary dismissal of men has occured several times during the progress of
the work, and is one cause why the completion was delayed. It haB also
produced a spirit of dissatisfaction among some of the best workmen,
so that they refuse or- demur going again to the house. I am not writing
you this in a spirit of* complaint, since there was probably some reason
for sending the men away, but I state the facts so that you will real¬
ize that this cause, and also great indecision oftentimes in settling a
question, has caused several weeks delay in the final completion of the
work. Nothing was done without written instructions or
approval of Bam-
plea, and, therefore, the work was delayed until such sanction was ob-
tained.
Referring to your request to have the complete and final bill
now, 1 cannot well render this until the work Is entirely finished, but
shallhope to be able to do so in a few days.
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This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
mining and ore milling. Most of the items for 1905 consist of unsolicited letters
enclosing ore samples or inquiring about Edison's interest in mines and ores.
Some of the letters contain perfunctory Edison marginalia.
A sample of less than 10 percent of the documents has been selected.
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I have read of you oonduoting a magnetic survey -
that is a survey by means of the vertical deflection of the
magnetio needle - in Bearoh of underground mineral bodies -
iron deposits, or iron sands I think it was in the instances
1 have read of. Sir William Crookes has recently advised me
to employ this method of searching for a diamond pipe, the blue
ground of whioh will, in his opinion, carry much iron. Under
the oiroumstanoes I venture to ask that you be good enough to
permit one of your Secretaries, or Clerks, to write to my
partner, Sir John C. Willoughby, Bart., 2, Down Street,
Piooadilly, London,West, briefly informing him where Instruments
for suoh survey, and of your design, may be obtained, and
whether any printed matter bearing upon this method of locating
underground deposits is obtainable.
I know you are an exceedingly busy man, and must
apologize for thus' ^enturing to intrude upon you, but if the
information I have /asked for oan be supplied without very
1905. Mining - Cobalt Search - General (D-05-23)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
Edison's search for an inexpensive supply of cobalt ore for possible use in his
alkaline storage battery. Included is correspondence with Albert W. Johnston
of the American Nickel Works, Frank E. Stoneman of the North American Lead
Co., and former Edison associate, Francis Jehl. There are also letters from
field workers, R. D. Casterline and John Morris, who collected sample ores
from around the United States. Related material can be found in the records
of the Mining Exploration Company of New Jersey in the Company Records
Series.
Approximately 20 percent of the documents have been selected. Among
the items not selected are numerous field reports from Casterline and Morris;
information collected regarding cobalt, cobalt suppliers, and possible deposits
in Mexico and the United States; and documents that duplicate information in
selected material.
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Ur. Thomas A. iSdison,
0 range , N. J.
Dear Sirs
X regret that I was unable to visit you at your Laboratory last week
as arranged by telephone, and as I now find it impossible to make the trip today
or tomorrow, have thought best 'to drop you a line in regard to the subject under
discussion.
I have given the matter discussed in your letter of June 14th oaro-
ful consideration, and believo that wo will shortly be in a position to offer you
such crude metallic cobalt as you may need for your storage batteries at Si. 37
per lb. Before wo can make you a definito offer, we would want to know just what
quantity of material you would probably require from us during the period of' twelve
months, beginning say October 1st next, and also whotlier you would be willing to
accept this material in the form of a crude mixed oxide of nickel and cobalt, con¬
taining approximately 6o£ cobalt oxide and 3C# nickel oxide. We doubt very much
whethor we would bo able to make you regular deliveries before October 1st, but
after that date we believe that we Will have no difficulty in furnishing you such
cobalt as you might require for the next two years at least. We are at the present
time at a rather crucial point in our manufacture of cobalt. Last week we succeed¬
ed in putting through the first lot of cobalt from the new Canadian mines, but it
will take us some few weeks before this material is running through our refinery
in satisfactory shape. When once everything is in working order, however, we
believe that we will have no troublo in taking care of your requirements, and if r
you could uoe the material in the form above mentioned, bolieve that we can meet
your price.
Hoping to hear from you shortly and regretting that I have been
unable to get out to see you, I remain.
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We tee to confirm our wlr<ifyw*o?ev&i
Ttomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, How Jersey.
Dear Sir:- n _
Your valued favot) of July( 7th
Mines at Fredericktown, Missouri, has
al Offices for response,
date as follows :-
“Your letter July seventh addressed Mines Frederic kt own, Missouri
•Must received our General Offices here. Please wire what quantity
Nickel-Cobalt Concentrates you could use per month on contract that
"we may quote you intelligently."
Our bi-product concentrates as they leave our Tables have values
about as follows:-
Lead about 4 per cent
copper, “ 8 » #
Nickel " 3 'i ii
Cobalt " 4 it ii
If you would be able to handle them in this shape we could, make it
interesting to you. If not, we can put them in matte form- — say 30
percent coppetf-nickel-oobalt values.
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Yours very truly.
Thos . A. Edison, Esq
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July 22nd 190 5.
Dear Sup¬
press of business iias dealyed answer to yours of July 7th
re cobalt-nlokel property. V/hlle the price of cobalt-and nickel nay
have dropped since the discovery of the mines In British Columbia yet
X infer from other statements contained In your letter that If you suc¬
ceed in your efforts the price is very apt to go back again to where it
was, or perhaps higher than where it was. . The mine I wrote you
about is in the United States. You do not state in your letter which
of the two samples numbered l and 2 you found the more satisfactory.
These samples came from two separate veins in the same District and
while I told you that we had 3,000 tons of number 1 and 7,000 tons of
number 2 in sight, yet I wish to say that in case the property is exam¬
ined by any expert or representative you may care to send he will find
twice the number of tons I stated to you in sight, with the very high¬
est prospect of a great many times more the tonnage now in sight being
developed. Of course I do not make this statement from my own know¬
ledge but i make it on the very best of authority, i e. from a man who
has been on the ground and has seen with his eyes the ore in place.
The reason I say that the prospects for increased tonnage are so good
is this: The veinB as described to me are large strong fissure veins
and the ore itself stands up above the surface in places nearly 50 feet .
high and 30 feet wide, and this kind of a vein carrying ore of this
character does not stop at the surface in the mineral regions of the
west. .
I presume you are entirely correct with reference to the quota-.
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tions you give on nickel and cobalt, but somehow I cannot make them
agree with the market quotations . I understand furthermore that there
is quite a demand for cobalt oro at -present, and that the less nickel
the ore contains the more desirable the ore seems to be.
A tunnel on this property 1,000 foot long will out the veins
1,000 feet deep, so it is estimated. The hills are very precipitous
and the gain is about a foot for a foot. Any tunnels that are run
should be cross cut tunnels and of course they need not be 1,000 feet
long; a 500 foot tunnel would tap the vein at the depth of 300 feet.
From the tunnels of course drifts could be run along the vein.
As I have' stated before, there is no limit to the amount of
timber and water. Thore is a large creek about 3 rods wide and 13
inches deep with great fall and swift current about two or three miles
from the property and if electric power were chosen for operation it
could be furnished very readily. And there is abundance of water for
milling purposes right at the property and a fine site for a mill.
There is also plenty of pinion pine in the country, so X am advised, no
that charcoal can be readily and cheaply produced, if required. I
suppose you know that pinion pine makes the best quality of charcoal.
If you should care to do anything about this property this season
it will be best to make some move soon. While the ground can be mined
all winter long, yet the property is situate up in the mountains and
cabins would have to be put up for the accommodation of the men during
the winter and supplies hauled in*
Shall be glad to hear from you further, :Lf you care to com¬
municate.
Very respectfully,
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Dear Siri
I am after Cobalt. It is sometimes found disseminated
sparingly in various kinds of rooks, which give no indication to the
eye of containing any mineral. In your spare time if you will collect
about 2 oz. of each kind of ore, rock, pyrites, etc. and forward a
number to me plainly marked so you can identify the place, I will have
them assayed for Cobalt, and if in sufficient quantity I will notify
you in which sample it is found, and a fair amount will probably lead
to business between us.
Send by mail securely packed with name inside and out, and
labels properly fastened to each sample.
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Dear Sir:-
Laramie, Wyo ., Sept. 29th, 1905.
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Your letter of the 23rd inst addressed to the Telegraph
Operator at this place" has been handed to /me.
T am In direct communication with a/good many prospectors about
this part of- the. state, and know that several of them have found good
traces of cobalt in" some of the ores th'ey have had analyzed. If it is
your wish I will collect' samples as fast as possible, forwarding them to
you as requested. /'
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AMERICAN EMBASSY,
MEXICO.
October 16, 1905*
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
ORAtTGE , N. J.
Sir:
Referring to ray letter of the 3rd instant, I
have the pleasure to enclose copy and translation of a com¬
munication, and enclosures, from the Minister of Eomento
relative to Cobalt in Mexico*
Respectfully yours,
Enclosures-
GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF MEXICO.
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Up to a few years ago, the existence of cobalt
in Mexico was known only on account of the discovery, in
a limited scale, of some of its compounds, found in the
form of small deposits, and in plumbo-argentiferous beds.
The compounds of cobalt known to exist are,erythrite (co¬
balt bloom), cobaltine and smaltine. The localities where
the same were found are, the mine of San Juan Nepomuoeno,
in the Doctor mining camp, District of Oadereyta, State
of Queretaro; several mines of the Guanaoevi region, Dis¬
trict of Santiago Papasquiaro , Durango; various mines in
the vicinity of Ooeala, District of Oosala, Sinaloa, and
the Oandamena mine, District of Iturbide, Chihuahua.
Over twenty years ago it was known that cobalt
had been found in a mine near the town of Pihuamo, Mu¬
nicipality of Tonila, Canton of Ciudad Guzman (Zapotlan
el Grnade), Jalisco, and several samples were sent to the
School of Engineering of the City of Mexico. The precise
locality wherefrom the samples of cobalt were sent was
not discovered until 1903, when Mr. Trinidad Garcia de¬
nounced the proper cobalt beds.
The cobalt from such beds is also an accidental
ore, although the formation of the Pihuamo beds differs
entirely from that of other beds where several compounds
of cobalt had been accidentally discovered. The beds of
Pihuamo
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Pihuamo under exploitation, situated within tlie olairnB of
the Esmeralda mine, are orossed by an iron vein 10 meters
strong, running from east to west, the crest of which may
be seen at the foot of the ravine named "Barranca del Za~
pote", situated within the limits of the ranch of "La Ma-
jada", at a distance of 4 Kilometers from Pihuamo. The
vein bears magnetite and chrysyteB scattered throughout its
mass. The rock in which the vein is bedded is a volcanic
formation, which, according to micrographic studies made
of samples taken from the under surface of the same, appears
to be syenitic porphyry; the rock of the ravine is a labra-
doritio feldspar greatly altered and crinkled.
The body of the iron vein is out by threads of
cobalt lodged in a matrix of calcareous spar, with specks
of barytite and quartz, the mineralization of which con¬
sists mainly in cobaltine, some Bmaltine, millerite and
marcasite, and as a product from the alteration of the
above minerals, some erythrite is found within the zone
of oxidation. The threads of oobalt branoh off inside
the iron vein, although from the limited knowledge ac¬
quired with respect to said vein, it appears that cobalt
iB preferably found in the back surfaces, especially in
the under surface. The threads in some portions reach
a total thickness of 10 centimeters, that is, including
the lode in which they are lodged. The percentage in 10
tons of ore which were picked out has been 8# to 9$ of
oobalt and 7$ nickel. As the exploitation of such beds
is in its infancy, nothing is known so far with respect
to the continuity and extension of the cobalt threads.
As a peculiarity of the above beds, we will
mention
mention the presence of native bismuth, bismuthinite and
biBinuthite, and some bismuth oohre, which is found in con¬
tact with the threads of cobalt at the bade of the vein,
there being some psilomelane mixed in small quantities
with magnetite. Iron pyrites are of the marcasite form
and not the ordinary pyrites of which we have seen samples.
It is worthy of attention that the oobaltiferous
iron vein lies in rooks which belong to the group of
basic rocks in which oobalt i3 found in other countries.
Together with the samples of cobalt there has been found
some andradite or common garnet and epidote, which minerals,
of a metaraorphio nature, are always found in beds of cu¬
priferous deposits, with which the ferriferous beds of
this country are intimately bound.
Subsequent to the discovery of oobalt at Pihuamo,
Mr. P. Ohisholm, stated in volume LXXII, No. 17, page
539, of the Engineering and Mining Journal, of October 86,
1901, that a oobaltiferous quartz, had been found in the
Mirador mine, Bituated near Ameoa, Jalisco, and owned by
Mr. Jose Somellera, of Guadalajara. This mine alBO bears
oobalt near the batek of the vein, and the analysis of the
oobalt bearing quartz, mixed with very small chry stale of
pyrites, rendered: 98# Bilex, 0.48# to 0.55# cobalt, and
0 • 40#':. to 0.50# iron. The complete absence of nickel in
this analysis is worhty of note, as well as the opinion
of Mr. Ohisholm that cobalt and iron are separately combined
with sulphur, that is, that the ore is a mixture of pyrites
and pure sulphid. of cobalt, which has only been found in
India, though the existence of the same as a pure sulphid
of cobalt has been doubted by some mineralogists, and that
it is found in .America only in the form of siegenite, which
is a nickel bearing sulphid of cobalt, one of the varieties
of linnaeite and carrollite, or a sulphid of copper and
nickel. The lode of the Mirador mine contains cupro-auri-
ferous ora of a low grade, the exploitation of which is
not profitable and therefore has been abandoned.
Lately some compounds of nickel and cohalt have
been found in a bed, operated by the "La Dioha" company,
situated in the Municipality of Ohilpanoingo, District
of Bravos, State of Guerrero. The average analysis gives
2.990 kilograms nickel per ton; 3.680 kgB. , cobalt per ton;
0.990 kgs. silver per ton, and from 16 to 6<$ copper, so
far as the incipient exploitation of the lode has gone.
Nickel has also been found in the San Francisco
mine, San Salvador mining camp, at conoepcion del Oro,
Zacatecas. It is also known in a rather vague way, that
there is some nickel in the District of Tollman, Queretaro.
And that Borne cobaltine has been found in the state of
Colima.
Mexico, October 1905,
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December 15th 1905
% dear Sir:-
I have before me your favor of the 2nd inst. in which you ask
when we will be able to let you have some Metallic Cobalt from our Canadian Ores.
I have refrained from answering this letter until now as I had hoped to get a
chance to run out to see you. I, however, have been called out of town several
times and have been kept away from my deBk so much and am now starting for a
month's trip to California.
We have at last succeeded in treating the Ontario Silver
Ores and have perfected our process for the extraction of the Cobalt from the
same. We have completed our plant at Copper Cliff for the calcination and smelting
of theso Ores and have just forwarded six (6) car loads of the same to that
place for treatment. Meanwhile we have only been able to put through at our
Camden Works, sufficient quantity to look after our regular Cobalt outside trade. It
will, therefore, be impossible for us to think of giving you anything in the line
of Metallic Cobalt or Cobalt Oxide made from these ores, for the present. As
soon as we have run through two or three hundred tons of the ores at Copper Cliff,
we can then determine whether or not.it is possible for us to meet your ideas upon
this matter. In the meantime if you wish. to have a ton or two, of Cobalt Silver
Ore, we will bo pleased to send them to you, billing them at 94^ of their Silver
value on the date of shipment plus 60f^ per lb. for the Cobalt contents as
determined by Ledoux & Co's. Assay. We have but very little straight Cobalt Ore
on hand and are not in position to break into the lot which we have as the entire
lot is intact at the present time. . If you agree to wait a little while longer
we could get a couple of tons of Straight 'Cobalt, Ore. shipped you from this Cobalt
District and will charge the same to you at SO/ per lb. for the Cobalt contents as
determined by Ledoux & Co’s Assay. In case you would rathor purchase some of this
material direct from the mine owners, would say that we see no objection to your
doing so provided it is for a trial lot only.
I am exceedingly sorry that I cannot have a chance to see you
before I leave to-morrow as I would like to talk over thiB whole matter with you and
show you some of the difficulties with which we have been confronted and also
give you a synopsis of the present status of affairs in the Cobalt District.
By the time I reach home, about the middle of January, operations •
at the new plant at Copper Cliff should have progressed to such a point as will
enable mo to talk with you more intelligently upon this matter.
Apologizing for the long delay in answering your letter, 1 remain.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, N.J.
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We would he unable, without seeing the ore and trying it
in our machinery, to inform you what the charge would he for
sampling the oobalt and nickel ore referred to in your fmror of
yesterday. If, as you say, it contains no silver, then it is
possible that a part of the material - say one-fifth or one-tenth
would he enough to take for a sample and injthis way the cost of
sampling would he muoh less than if all of the ore is to he put
through the maohinery. If at your works there are crushers,
rolls and sample grinders thefe is no reason why the sampling
should not he done there, hut otherwise we would require to do it
at our own works because this ore cannot he sampled by hand only.
We understand it would not cost any more freight to have the ore
stopped at our works for sampling, then forward it to your place
after we had finished with it. There is no reason why, if you
wish, you should not have a representative present at our works
when the sampling is going on to he satisfied of its accuracy.
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Orange, New Jersey.
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erahie progress in that we will toe able to furnish you with a clean
concentrate immediately after the first of the year by virtue of some
radical changes and improvements in our milling process.
Early in January we will submit you new samples of the material we
could furnish you, showing it general values and average run.
We are mining more and more of this material and determined to put
it in commerdial shape at earliest possible time.
In the meantime we hope to hear from you again.
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1905. Motion Pictures (D-05-25)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
production and commercial development of motion picture films, cameras, and
projectors. Included are items pertaining to film prices, copyrights, patent
litigation, color photography, and the activities of competitors. Among the
documents for 1905 are letters concerning the transatlantic marketing of
motion pictures, the Moving-Picture Copyright League, the construction of
Edison's Bronx studio, and the development of an amateur projecting
kinetoscope. The correspondents include William E. Gilmore, vice president
and general manager of the Edison Manufacturing Co.; John R. Schermerhorn,
assistant general manager; Frank L. Dyer, general counsel of the Legal
Department; AlexT. Moore, manager of the Kinetograph Department; Walter
S. Stevens, manager of the Foreign Department; F. K. Dolbeer, manager of the
Credit Department; and Leonard C. McChesney, manager of the Advertising
Department. There are also numerous letters by James H. White, managing
director of the London-based Edison Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Among the
matters addressed by White is a color photography device patented by William
Norman Lascelles Davidson.
Approximately 90 percent of the documents have been selected. The
items not selected consist primarily of letters of acknowledgment and
transmittal and documents that duplicate information in selected material.
I beg to enclose statement of account of Messrs.
Church fc Church against the Edison Mfg. Company, from October
2, to December 28, amounting to $1061.35.
It seems to me that some of the items on this ac¬
count are very high. Eor instance, there is a charge of $150.
for presenting the motion to dismiss Lubin's appeal to the Supreme
Court. In motions of this sort, the Court Beldom allows more than
a very few minutes for arguments, and frequently allows no argu¬
ments at all. At the same time 1 suppose an attorney is entitled
to make a higher charge than usual for any matter in the Supreme
Court, and in view of the fact that the motion in question resulted
in a final disposition of the lubin suit, and very materially
strengthened our copyright situation, the item might be passed if
you approve of it.
The charge of $300.00 for arguing the preliminary
injunction motion seems to me to be very high indeed, in view of
the fact that Mr. Church has charged us for every minute of his
W.E. Gilmore , Esq. — 2
time spent in preparing for the argument. I do not see why this
he
charge should he more than $150., which would/equivalent to three
working days.
1 also note that on December 24th the charge of
$100. is made for one day, which is double that on any other day.
I think, therefore , that 1 should try to have the
bill reduced if possible.
Yours very truly.
ELD/iffl.
r . '
Dear Sir:-
In this case, involving the copyright entitled
"Christening and Launching, Kaiser Wilhelm'B Yaftht ’Meteor'",
I am glad to advise you that a final decree has been entered
sustaining the copyright and enjoining Lubin from further in¬
fringement. 1 find that on October 15, 1902, Judge Hayes made
an agreement with Lubin under which it was agreed that "neither
of said parties shall UBe said suit or any opinion, decision,
decree or judgment in the same, for advertising purposes or
otherwise to the injury of the business of the other". In view
of this agreement, 1 do not see how we can take any advertising
advantage of the successful termination of the case, but it is
at least a good thing to have the case finally determined, and
particularly to avoid the danger of the copyright being over¬
turned by the Supreme Court.
h
Yours very truly,
fld/ark. -af •
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Contract re. "PARSIFAL/.
Alex. T. Moore, Esq.,
Edison Mfg, Company,
Orange, N.J.
Fear Sir:-
Regardlng the claim of Mr. Benton that he 1b the
owner of exclusive rights in the Chase version of "Parsifal",
and of his threat to bring suit against the Edison Mfg. Company
f«rr injunction and damages, 1 have corresponded with Mr. Roth
an attorney for the "Merry Scenic Construction Company", who
agrees with me that it would not he desirable for his client to
bring a friendly suit against us, as he originally proposed.
Mr. Roth tells me that the assignment from Chase & Kennington
to Benton was made in May 1904, and therefore more than two
months subsequent to the assignment to Mr. Merry, in which the
latter was granted "the sole rights to negotiate with whomever
he made desire to 'produce in moving pictures etc. our play
of PARSIFAL'". This being so, then of course any assignment
to Benton is subject to the prior rightB granted to Mr. Merry.
If Benton was misled in this respect he might proceed against
Alex. T. Moore - 2.
Chase & Kennington for damages. Of course Benton can sue us,
hut 1 do not see how he can prevail, and 1 would he very much
surprised if he should take such action. I see no reason, there¬
fore, why payment of royalties to the Merry Scenic Construction
Company should he deferred, or, in fact whay any further atten¬
tion should he paid to the matter until we hear from Benton.
Yours very truly,
FLD/AHK. - -C • ' . -
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EDISON /AANUFACTURING <30. Lid
(FACTORY: ORANGE. N.J.. UJ.A.)
EDISON PRIMARY BATTERIES AND FAN JVIOTOR OUTFITS
EDISON PROJECTING KINETOSCOPES AND FILMS.
25 Clerkenwell Road,
Londont/-
RECEIVED
MAR 14.190!=,
1st March, :
main office/ I
I have yours of February 1st confirming your Cable' re'r ' '
Macguira, and also acknowledging my cable of February 15th. X think
what I have written you in connection with this matter under date
of February 16th pretty well sets forth the situation so far as the
Warwick Trading Company are concerned. X also note by your letter
that Macguira stated to you that he was Chairman of the Board of the
Warwick Trading Company. I think there must be some mistake as to
this. Mr. H. E. Ellis is at present Chairman of the Board of the
Warwick Company, and I have already had preliminary talks with him
with reference to the matter of furnishing negatives for your use
in America. I do not know whether or not Mr. Ellis is familiar with
Macguira ’s proposition to you, but I shall find out within a few
days as Ellis is now absent in Paris, and I intend seeing him as soon
as he returns. I have already approached Messrs. R. W; Paul on this
proposition and they are nov; considering same. Of course in talking
with these people I do not in any way encourage them in believing
that you would also furnish them with an Edison negative for print-
Cable Coda
EDISON /MANUFACTURING <3°- Ltd.
(FACTORY: ORANGE. MJ.. VS.A.)
EDISON PRIMARY BATTERIES AND FAN MOTOR OUTFITS
EDISON PROJECTING KINETOS.COPES AND FILMS.
25 Clerkenwell Road,
London, E.C
ing films liars. My argument has always been that they could not
make this pay inasmuch as thars is no duty in this market , and
Aiae r i c an shippers could sand films in in competition, whereas it
is different with the. American market, the high duty which prevails
keeping out to a large extent the European films and leaving the
field open to people in Auerica who make copies. X think you will
find this a good argument to use in case of your being approached
direct by any of the European film makers. I shall have a further
talk with Mr. Ellis ju3t as soon a3 possible and will then report
progress to you. I do not think it would be well to approach
Macguire on this matter, but I v/ill say that I believe he personally
has little or nothing to do with the management of the Warwick Trad¬
ing Company .
In conclusion I will say that I v/ill give this question all the
attention that I can and will report progress from time to time.
I v/ill also talk the matter over with Mr. Schermerhorn before
he leaves ao that he can advise you verbally as to just what the
chances are of concluding arrangements v/ith any of these people.
Very truly yours,
[ATTACHMENT!
j, r. s. :
Referring to the attached , I do not suppose you have ary thing
further to tell me on this situation, hut if you have, bring it up at
the first favorable opportunity.
3/17/05.
W.E.G.
mnat>Q,£jdvi
EDISON /MANUFACTURING <30. Ltd.
(FACTORY: ORANGE, N.J., V3.AA
EDISON PRIMARY BATTERIES AND FAN MOTOR OUTFITS
EDISON PROJECTING KINETOSCOPES AND FILMS.
25 Clerfcenwell Road,
I enclose you herewith an original latter from R. W. Paul
having reference to conversation I rscantly had v/ith them rs the
matter of making an arrangement whereby you would copyright foreign
films in America, paying foreign manufacturers royalty on positives
issued by you, manufacturers to furnish you with a negative from
which to make your prints. I discussed this matter quite fully v/ith
Messrs. R, W, Paul, and they seem disposed to make such an arrange¬
ment with us, and asked me to suggest a royalty that you would be
willing to pay. I, of course, was unable to do this, inasmuch as I
have had no figures from you. Paul suggested a royalty of 2 /s
per foot on films sold from their negatives, you to pay the cost of
copyrighting at Washington, and agree to prosecute suits against
anyone duplicating their copyrighted film, and X should like to hear
from you as to whether the above figure would be a satisfactory one.
I have replied to Paul'3 communication to-day and enclose you here¬
with copy of my letter. As you will note I have simply stated
that the Edison Manufacturing Company of Orange are preoared to con¬
sider a proposition from them.
As I intimated to you in my letter of March 1st on this sub¬
ject I do not think it v/ould be well for you to consider furnishing
these people on this side with Edison negatives, nor indeed do I
think it would be necessary for you to do so. As I advised you I
am using the duty question as an argument in our favour, pointing
out tne fact that the high duty in America makes the sale of their
goods practically prohibitive and furnishes attraction for parties
who make a business of copying.
I
with Mr
subject
'* y°u that I have to-day had a long conversation
Ellis, Chairman of the Warwick Trading Company, on this
Mr. Ellis, as I have already advised you is practically the
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Cl&Mon,
EDISON A\ANUFACTURING ©o- Ltd.
(FACTORY: ORANGE, N.J., VS. A.)
EDISON PRIMARY BATTERIES AND FAN MOTOR OUTFITS
EDISON PROJECTING KINETOSCOPES AND FILMS.
25 Clerkenwell Road,
London, E.C.
owner of the Warwick Trading Company, and I v/ill say to you that
he a a a.-iis vsry favourably disposed towards us and prom is as that he
will make us soma sort of a proposition within two days. Of course
whan 1 gat his answer I v/ill forward it along to you with full par¬
ticulars. Hr. Ellis intimated to me that he knew nothing whatever
about your being approached by Macguirs. If you will refer to my
letter of March 1st you will find I stated I would make this point
clear to you. I am personally inclined to think that Maguire made
this proposition to you on his own hook, probably with a view to
figuring in the royalties which you might pay the Warwick Trading
Company ,
Mr. Ellis informed me to-day that the Warwick Company are
about to arrange to build a large studio in Paris for the purpose
of making moving picture negatives of the highest possible stand¬
ard, and that they are going to re-organise the entire company,
put a large amount of capital into it, and push it for all it is
worth. They have already opened an office in Paris in a very
prominent location, and from v/hat I can learn are doing a good
business. Ellis stated to me frankly that they have been consider¬
ing for some time the question of opening a branch in New York,
but that if they could make an arrangement with you which would
be satisfactory to both parties, and by which they could get a fair
amount of profit from the American business, they would be content
to stay over hers and concentrate their efforts on this side of the
water, and that in all probability he would make proposals to you
looking toward a temporary arrangement on the royalty basis, such
arrangement to continue so long as it was satisfactory to both the
Warwick Company and yourselves, and to be made permanent provided
i~ eventually became satisfactory to both parties from a monetary
standpoint.
Mr. Ellis, according to my way of thinking, is a very capable
level-headed business man, and I believe that whatever arrangement
hs concludes with you he will carry out strictly to tha letter. I
hope to have something more definite to tell you in my next com¬
munication on this subject.
In my conversation with Mr. Ellis I have given him to under¬
stand that the Edison Manufacturing Company would not be willing to
EDISON /MANUFACTURING ®o. Ltd.
(FACTORY: ORANGE. NJ.. KS.A.)
EDISON PRIMARY BATTERIES AND FAN MOTOR OUTFITS
EDISON PROJECTING KINETOSCOPES AND FILMS.
25 Clerkenwell Road,
London, E.C.
furnish them v ith ns gat iv 93 of their subjects from which they could
print positives on this side.
Very truly yours,
J.H.W./L.D.
sLutA
&Vy^uj7.
[ENCLOSURE]
ROBT. W. PAUL,
THE “RELIANCE” ANIMATOGRAPH,
(IMS MODEL,)
ORIGINAL film subjects,
d all accessories for Animated Photography.
J. H. White, Ssq.,
Messrs. National Phonograph Co.
25-, Clerkenwell Road, 2 ,i
Animatoobai-h /depot:
68, HIGH HOLBQRN,
'-"7 'Id (near C^ancery Lane),
LONDON, W.C.
March 8thj 1905 .
Referring to our conversation the other evening respect¬
ing the royalty you propose to pay me in consideration of my taking
a second negative of my comic and trick pictures, and loaning
you one of these to make prints from to sell in the States and
to your remarks re protecting the negative and upholding my
rights, prosecuting all people who duplicate, etc., I shall be
obliged if you will embody this in a letter when I shall be
pleased to go further into the matter.
xours faithfully,
ROBT, W, PAULi,
^ r1\,
r, AnimatOKiHnh Salas Deal-
[ENCLOSURE]
J .White, Esq.,
The National- Phonograph Co.,
25 Clerkenwell Road,
E.C.
Pear Sir ,
Referring to our conversation of yesterday, I have
come to the conclusion that 1 cannot give you an answer this
mail . It is rather an important question and one . to which I
have not really given very much attention, and I find my hrain
refusing to give me any advice on the matter. Under these
circumstances, please excuse me until next mail day.
Yours faithfully,
Dict.A.J.E.
Telegrams & Cables : “ Randomly, London."
Telephone No. 6050, HOLBORN.
Ct£dworu
EDISON /MANUFACTURING Qo. Ltd.
(FACTORY: ORANGE. N.J., WSjU
EDISON PRIMARY BATTERIES AND FAN MOTOR OUTFITS
EDISON PROJECTING KINETOSCOPES AND FILMS.
25 Clerkenwell Road,
W. E. Gilmore, Esq.,
Orange, Hew Jersey.
Dear Sir,
London, ,
28th March, 1905.
Your valued favour of March 17th regarding the matter" of”'
making arrangements with Messrs. The Warwick Trading Company and
R. V/. Paul for the handling of their filiu3 hy you in America at hand
and carefully noted.
In the first place I will say it is not my intention to commit
myself in any way in connection v/ith these negotiations until the
propositions these people have to make are submitted to you. I
think what I told you in my last letter about Maguire's connection
v/ith the Warwick Trading Company about covers the case, and I have
b8en unable to get any additional information since writing you.
I would further say that in uqr opinion your diagnosis of the Maguire
case is about right .
Very truly yours
J.H.W./L.D.
EDISON MANUFACTURING ®o. Ltd.
(FACTORY: ORANGE. NJ„ U.S.A.)
EDISON PRIMARY BATTERIES AND FAN MOTOR OUTFITS
EDISON PROJECTING KINETOSCOPES AND FILMS.
I enclose you herewith an original latter which I have recoived
to-day from A. J. Ellis of tha Warwick Trading Company , by which you
will soe that tha Warwick Company are not desirous of making an
arrangement with us at tha present tim9. X am, of coursa , unable to
tell you at the moment the reasons for tha decision on the part of
!.Tr. Ellis. X am told by one of his people that he is out of town
for the balance of the week. The first opportunity I have of seeing
him I will endeavour to learn in a diplomatic way tha real reason
of his decision.
I bag to tell you that Macguire is now on the way to America
again, and it has occurred to me that Ellis may be asking him to
look tha ground over further and that he may be awaiting word from
him before ha makes any definite move with regard to the American
and of their business.
Kindly return Mr. Ellis*
read sama.
J.H.V/./L.D.
Very truly yours
CHURCH & CHURCH,
McGill Building,
908 G Street N.W.
Washington, D. C. April 20, 190
Mr. William .T. Gilmore,
C/o Edison Mf g . Co.,
Orange, N . J.
% .dear Mr. Gilmore
The Armat Moving Piotxire Co. is pressing
me to put into motion and bring to a conclusion its suit
against Edison Mfg. Co. under the Armat & Jenkins patent.
You will perhaps remember that the complainant in this case
has taken its prima facie proofs and that now proofs in
behalf of the defendant should be forthcoming.
Mr. Stilson Hutchins, of this city, a prominent
director of the Armat Go., tells me that he went to see Mr.
Edison some time ago with a view to ascertaining whether
a mutually advantageous settlement of this case might not
be made; that the interview was not entirely satisfactory;
and that he got permission from Mr. Edison to hold an inter¬
view with you about the matter, but was unable, after one
attempt, to arrange an interview with you.
I am impres asd with the idea that there mayi.be
a basis of settlement that will result in the saving of much
expense to both parties and also of substantial advantages
to both parties,^ other respects, and I suggest that you mate
an appointment to meet Mr. Hutchins and myself in New York
some day next week, after Monday, for a short talk about the
matter. Nothing surely can be sacrificed by an interchange
Gilmore---2
of views and much may be accomplished. The Armat & Jenkins
patent has been sustained, in a bona fide contest ,and I
think can be used to aippress users of infringing machines
that are throwing the Moving Picture business into disrepute,
and, at the sane time, can be used as a means of securing a
reasonable royalty from those engaged in legitimate
business, such royalty to be divided equally between your
company, the Armat Company and the Muto scope Company,
the Armat' licensee. I:. think the matter is worth while
looking into.
Hoping for an early response I remain,
Yours very truly,
CA
EDISON /MANUFACTURING <3°- Ltd.
(FACTORY: ORANGE. N.J., V.S.A.)
EDISON PRIMARY BATTERIES AND FAN MOTOR OUTFITS
EDISON PROJECTING KINETOSCOPES AND FILMS.
25 Clerkenwell Road,
( RECEIVE"q^ndon. E.C.
Your very Lind letter of May 12th having reference to Mr. G.
Howlett Davis at hand and carefully noted. I have already had a
communication from this gentleman who is very anxious for me to come
and sec him, have dinner and so forth one of the evenings. Of
course there is no objection to all this, and I intend meeting him
when X can find the time.
I thank you very sincerely, however, for the general informa¬
tion you give me on this subject and I am glad to tell you that I
know the gentleman in question very well indeed, and some little
time ago became acquainted with a great many of his peculiarities.
I will keep you posted as to what he is doing here as I believe you
will be interested in a way.
.1 wish to thank you most sincerely for your kind good wishes,
also to extend thanks on behalf of Madam. X regret to tell you that
Mrs. TOiite is not at all well and she has been obliged to go to
Wildbad in Wurteniberg, Germany, on account of rheumatism. This
place v/as recommended to me very highly by Mr. Bergmann, and Mrs.
EDISON NVANUFACTUR8NG <30- Ltd.
(FACTORY: ORANGE. NJ.. V.S.A.)
EDISON PRIMARY BATTERIES AND FAN MOTOR OUTFITS
EDISON PROJECTING KINETOSCOPES AND FILMS.
25 Clerkenwell Road,
London, E.C.
White has gone along with friends of ours from Pittsburg, Mr. and
lira. J. D. O'Brien. I believe you met Mr. O'Brien while you were
here.
I shall endeavour to writ e you a long letter in the very near
future on the general subject of summer business but have only-
time for these few lines to-day to catch the fast mail.
With kind regards
Yours most sincerely,
EDISON MANUFACTURING Go. Ltd
(FACTORY: ORANGE. N.J.. U3.A.)
EDISON PRIMARY BATTERIES AND FAN MOTOR OUTFITS
EDISON PROJECTING KINETOSCOPES AND FILMS.
25 Clefkenwell Roa^
f 'BOIddO NJVW 'I
London, E.Smv
24th May, 1 109\
J . R. Schermerhorn, Esq. , \
Orange, New Jersey, U.S.A.
I enclose you herewith i
i additional communicat i<
from Captain lascelles Davidson of Brighton having reference to
the matter of animated pictures in colour. 1 made another trip to
Brighton yesterday for the purpose of witnessing the exhibition on
a large screen, end must say that while they were able .to show a
picture with the two primary colours, red and blue, I considered
same to be very crude indeed, and without any doubt the invention
will want a great deal of whipping into shape before it can be put
before the public. My impression is that thebe people have got
about as far as they can with it , and that they- now want some-one
to purchase their patents, take it up and make it a commercial
success, and I very seriously question whether or not you would
want to do this. I assume in the meantime you have procured copy of
their patents from Washington, and that you have been investigating
their validity and so forth.
I cannot find that they have yet been successful in disposing
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EDISON PRIMARY BATTERIES AND FAN MOTOR OUTFITS
EDISON PROJECTING KINETOSCOPES AND FILMS.
25 Clerkenwell Road,
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of their patent riglits here in Great Britain, and therefore I can
only assume that the manufacturers are not falling over themselves
to take up their invention. I will, however, as promised keep you
constantly posted on this situation.
After you have made a proper investigation on your side of
the ocean I should he pleased to act further for you if you have
any additional instructions to give, and if you think you would oare
to go so far as to buy an option on these patents let me know. On
the other hand if you would care to have this invention demonstrated
at Orange let me know, as Captain Davidson has signified his willing¬
ness to take the apparatus to America provided you would stand his
expenses.
As I stated in my last communication on this subject I believe
these people are on the right track, but it is a question as to
how much additional experimenting will have to be done before they
have properly mastered the problem of animated pictures in natural
colours .
Very sincerely yours,
J
J.H.W./L.B,
CHURCH & CHURCH,
IIUUOIHG,
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&SHINGTO
n 9; c May 2 !
V;. . Jr
N. .7,
William E, Gilmore, Esq,,
Edison Hfg. Co.,
% report to Mr, Stilson Hutchins was so
discouraging that he did not deem it worth while for me to
arrange an interview with you,hut concluded that the wisest
course to pursue was to push the suit to a termination and
test the soundness of the license under Tfcidiyour company
claims. I have been instructed to proceed on these lines.
Very truly yours ,
Qet/a
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May 25th, 1905.
Wn. E. Gilmore, Es<j,
Pres't - National Phonograph Company,
Orange, N..T.
Dear Sir:-
Your favor of the 22nd inst. has been received
with attached papers, relating to the invention of Messrs.
Green and Davidson on the taking of animated pictures in
color. A copy of the first patent referred to (No. 676,532
June 18th, 1901) has been ordered and will he sent you as
soon as received. I have, however, examined the claims in the •
Gazette, and they seem to he very poor and of no
breadth. The so-called second patent (No. 193,673, dated
February 1904) to Jumeaux and Davidson must be a pending ap¬
plication, as the number corresponds with applications filed
at that date. I will have a search made, however, so as to
be sure that this patent has not been issued.
Yours very truly,
fid/ark.
EDISON NVANUFACTURSNG ©o. Ltd
(FACTORY: ORANGE, N.J., U. S.A.)
EDISON PRIMARY BATTERIES AND FAN MOTOR OUTFITS
EDISON PROJECTING KINETOSCOPES AND FILMS.
25 Clerfeenwell Road,
J. R. Scheme rho rn, Esq. ,
Orange, Rev/ Jersey, U.
Dear Sir,
I enclose you herewith come
Captain Davidson of Brighton with reference to moving pictures in
colours. I think perhaps you will Ids interested in reading this.
Kindly return same for my files when you have finished.
I also enclose clipping taken from the London "Era" being a
little free advertising which we got on account of some new re¬
cords. I will ask you to kindly pass this on to Hr. Gilmore and
Hr. HcChesney after you have finished with same.
Very truly yours,
J.H.VA/l.D.
[ENCLOSURE]
[ENCLOSURE]
ft <ril tuc^
Cable Aoobesb^ZYM OTIC. NCW^YORK." ^
Cl&Uoon-
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL PHDNnEHAPH CO.
EDISON MANUFACTURING CO.
BATES MANUFACTURING CD.
31 UNION SQUARE, Cor Broadway & 16th Street.
Mr. J. P. Randolph, Treasurer,
National Phonograph Co.
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir:
Sometime ago I received an order fran Mr. Pedro Lopez, Pepino,
for a projecting kinetoscope with instructione to forward same by
express to Torreon, Coah., Mexico, C.O.D. for its value. X advised
Mr. Lopez Pepino that it was against our rules to forward goods C.O,
D., unless a substantial deposit was received against the shipment,
to guarantee transportation charges. He now sends §75. oo through the
Bank of British North America, and has madethedraft payable to Mr.
Thomas Edison. Will you kindly ask Mr. Edison to sign the attached
receipt; also to endorse the draft, and return the same at your con¬
venience.
Yours truly,
fwo- A.®
FRANK E. BRADLEY.
William 35. Gilmore, 33s <1. , President,
National Phonograph Company,
West Orange, IT. .T.
Dear Sir:-
June 6th, 1905.
Mr. Alexander T. Moore of the 35dison Manufacturing Co. called
upon me today in matter of Contract of Sale for purchase of real estate
located in the Bronx. Pursuant to his instructions, a contract of sale
was entered into, of which the enclosed is a copy. The original Contract
of Sale is in my safe ‘for purpose of presentation on the day of taking
title. Mr. Moore suggested that I give you these details so that if
he should he out of the City the matter would not escape attention.
Under the agreement, title to the property will pass on June 20th next
at 12 o'clock noon at my office, at which time a payment of $14,500 is
called for as the balance of the purchase price. The title to the proper¬
ty will then he free and clear in whosever name is designated to hold
it.
Trusting this is satisfactory, I remain
Yours very truly,
P.S. If Mr. Moore finds out that he will he absent on June 20, he
should consult with me in time so that there may he proper authority for
having the title taken in some other name than his if that is your wish.
Otherwise, the deed will he delivered in the name of Mr. Moore,
[ENCLOSURE]
AGREEMENT, mudo this sixth liny Of June, 1905 ido
BETWEEN Frederick P. Fox, of New York City, Borough of Bronx, N.Y,
S££E£ttt“-T. MOORE of New York City, Borough of Manhattan, N.Y.
•heroin designated us the party of tho Bceoml part,
WITNESSETH, That tho party of tho first part agrees to sell anil convey, and tho party of tho
Borough
second part ngroos to purchase all that lot or parcel of land, in tho NwKDcycof Bronx, City Of
New York, state Of New York with the buildings and improvements
thoroon, described as fallows: Beginning at a point formed hy the intersection
of the easterly side of Decatur Avenue with the northerly side of Oliver
Place, running thence northwardly along the said easterly side of Decatur
Avenue one hundred (lOO)feet, thence eastwardly and at right angles
with the said easterly side of Decatur Avenue, one hundred (100) feet,
thence southwardly and parallel with the said easterly side of Decatur
Avenue, one hundred (100) feet to the northerly side of Oliver Place
and thence westwardly and along the said northerly side of Oliver Place
to liie point or place of Beginning.
[ENCLOSURE]
Tho price is Fifteen Thousand. Dollars ($15,000)
‘ • Dollars,
pnynblo as follows :
Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars
Dollars on tho signing of this contraot, tho receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged.
Fourteen Thousand Five Hundred ($14,500.00) Dollars
Dollars in cash on tho delivery of tho deed ns hereinafter provided.
AND THE SAID party of tho first part, on receiving snch payment
at tho time and in tho manner above-mentioned, shall at tho oxpenso of tho party of tho first part execute,
acknowledge and delivor, to tho said party of tho second part, or tho assigns of tho party of tho second
part, a proper deed containing tho usual full covenants and warranty for tho convoying und assuring
to tho party of tho second part, or tho assigns of tho party of tho second part, tho feo simple of tho said
premises free from all oneumbranoo 363CS5{flXXXSDSSSlJDaiDttClt The said Deed shall bo delivered at tho
Hevf York City
Offico Of Frank E. Bradley, 290 Broadway,011 tllB 20th o£
June 190 5 at 12 o'dUook noon.
.
[ENCLOSURE]
Tho chandeliors, gas fixtures, rangos, lioating and hot wutor apparatus, water closets, bath tubs
r.nd othor plumbing now on said proinisos
nro to bo inclndod in tins salo and in tho warranty aboro sot forth.
Tho rents of tho said premises, insurance premiums, and intorost on mortgages, if any, shall bo
adjusted, apportioned nnd allowed up to the day of taking title.
Tho risk of loss or dnmago to stud promises by firo until tiio dolivury of said deed is nssumed hr
tho party of tho first part. IT IS UNDERSTOOD that tho stipulations aforosuid nro to apply to nnd bind
tho liotrs. executors, administrators nnd assigns of tho respective parties.
Tho party of tho first part agreos that
is the broker who lius brought about this sale, nnd agrees to pay said broker his commission therefor.
WITNESS tho hands and seals of tho above parties.
Signed, sealed and delivered in tho presence of
Frank E. Bradley
FREDERICK P. FOX
ALEXANDER T. MOORE
AT THE CLOSING OF THIS TITLE
THE SELLER
Should produce all insurance policies, and duplicates, if tho samo are in his possession, or a
memorandum thereof, if held by othors; also produce the tax and water receipts of tho currant year and any
leases, deeds, or agreements.
If thcro is a wntor meter on tho promisos. it should bo read nnd bill therefor produced.
If there is a mortgago on the promisos to bo convoyed, tho receipts should bo produced showing
to what date tho interest has been paid, aud if tho principal has boon reduced, showiug that fact.
THE PURCHASER
Should bo prepared with monoy or n certified check drawn to his own order. Tho oliook may bo
certified for an approximate amount and money may be provided for tho balunco of tho settlement.
TEE . LAWYERS’ TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK,
OFFICES :
87 & 80 Liberty Street, Borough of Manhattan.
2804 Third Avenue, Borough of the Bronx.
N. E. Cor. 72d Street and Columbus Avenue, Borough of Manhattan.
88, 40, 42 & 44 Court Sticet, Borough of Brooklyn.
White Plains, Westchester County.
Jamaica, Queens County.
Rlverhead, Suffolk County.
EXAMINES AND INSURES TITLES TO
IP HE DESIRES.
REAL ESTATE, THE ASSURED SELECTING COUNSEL
fY\ . p. -?>JLr>
Thomas At
EDISON’S
EUROPEAN HEADQUARTERS
NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH <3° Ltd.
F EDISON /MANUFACTURING SO. Ltd.
msr' 25, Clerkenwell Road,
Edison Automatic Hand 7
ng Machines. ti - -
E.C.
/ 9tjp- June, 1905.
\7. E. Gilmore, Esq., / V’%. / 0^4/ /
Orange, Hew J e r s eyot 1 ''''As/ I
ANS i i
(j^lNo4iQg./j
Your esteemed favour <
sincerely for writing me s<
if May 22nd to hand, and I thank you very
i fully with reference to the matter of
my report on moving picture in natural colours, the invention of
Messrs. Green and Davidson of Brighton, England.
I enclose you herewith original telegram and letter received
from Captain Davidson and also copy of my reply. This, of course,
is sent along for your additional information so that you can see
the attitude which I have adopted. I will ask you to kindly re¬
turn these communications to me for my files after you have made
I will, as suggested hy you, continue to follow up experiments
of these people and if there is anything further of interest to re¬
port you may he sure I will communicate with you at once.
Very truly yours,
J.H.W./l.D.
In reference to the letter to you of tiie 23d ult.
from E.M. Wright of San Francisco, relating to the Eastman stere¬
ophone, I have not taken up the matter before, because I have
been expecting to receive the extra sheet of drawing ordered by
Mr. Wright from the Patent Office. As soon as this sheet of
drawing comes to hand, kindly send it to me and I will take up
the matter.
In. sending the papers to you, Mr. Wright states that
it is done with the guarantee on our part that we will not take
any undue advantage of knowledge communicated to us, which,
of course, is entirely fair.
I am leaving tonight for Evansville and Chicago
and expect to return in about ten days,
E.I.D.
ABK
EDISON MANUFACTURING &o. Ltd.
(FACTORY: ORANGE. NJ„ U.S.A.)
EDISON PRIMARY BATTERIES AND FAN MOTOR OUTFITS
EDISON PROJECTING KINETOSCOPES AND FILMS.
25 Clerkenwell Road,
London, E.C.
Your esteemed, favour of June 8th having reference to patents
of \7. \7. I>. Davidson re animated picture colour photography at
hand and carefully noted.
X have communicated with Davidson and suggested that provided
he can do so he to furnish you with copy of his Claim re patent Ho .
193673 to Jumeaux and Davidson dated February 1904, and advised him
to post same to you via the faGt mail on Tuesday.
I enclose you herewith communication received to-day from
Davidson dated the 16th instant. This letter seems to confirm
information contained in your communication, and I think you will
find it fully explanatory. If, with this additional info rmat ion,
you wish to proceed further in the matter, I presume you will com¬
municate with the writer.
Very truly youra,
J.I-I.W./l.D.
[ENCLOSURE]
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•FRANK E. BRADLEY,
W. E. Gilmore, Esq. , Vice Pres't. & Gen. Mgr
Edison Manufacturing Co.,
West Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
I beg to acknowledge receipt from your company of lettercdated
June 19th, 1905, enclosing certified check for $14,500., drawn to the
order of Frederick P. Fox.
I beg to advise you that this check was used today for the
purpose of paying off balance of purchase price of the parcel of land
located on Decatur Avenue and Oliver Place, Borough of Bronx, City of
New Yorkii which was under contract between Mr. Moore and Mr. Fox. I
received a deed for the same from Mr. Fox to Mina M. EdiBon in exchange
for the check. The deed has been placed on reoord, and it will be some
weeks before it is returned. When the same is returned, I will forward
it to you together with an abstract showing the title of the property
which I have made independently, also an insurance policy of the Lawyers
Title Insurance Company guaranteeing the title. I have in this case made
an independent search in the matter.
For your present purposes, I enclose herewith a blue print
showing the entire tract from which your lot is taken. If you will look
down at the lower left-hand corner where I have put a pencil X mark, you
can measure off approximately your lot; it 1b one hundred feet each
side, making a parallelogram.
r.E.Q.
6-20-05.
If you are contemplating erecting structures close to your
boundary lines, I think it would he well to have a surveyor give you the
four posts.
Trusting the above is satisfactory, I remain
Dear Sir:-
Your favor of the 30th ult. has been received,
enclosing a letter from Captain Davidson, together with two
copies of a pending application of Jumeaux and Davidson, relating
to tri-chromatic photography.
In looking over this application, it strikes me off-hand
that the description is very blind and obscure, and 1 would ex¬
pect the Patent Office to require very considerable amendment
before accepting the same, so that the patent,. when granted, even
if otherwise of value, would always be subject to the attack that
the invention was changed after the filing of the application.
Aside from this point, it would Beem to me that the practical
difficulties of securing even fair results commercially would be
enormous, and the expense of the apparatus would be very great.
Although color photography was suggested at least ten years ago,
it has made practically no advance up to this time, and in the
very nature of things, the moving picture art must always be many
W.E. Gilmore, Esq. - 2.
years behind the art of photography in general. It seems to me
that the situation here presented is so obscure and indefinite
and so clouded by the suspicious eagerness of Captain Davidson
to get some ready cash for a simple option, that you would be
perfectly justified in turning the proposition down absolutely,
until some plain ,busine sb-113® and practicable suggestion is pre¬
sented.
I return the papers herewith.
Yours very truly,
ELD/AEK.
EDISON /MANUFACTURING <3©. Ltd.
(FACTORY: ORANGE, N.J., US.A.)
EDISON PRIMARY BATTERIES AND FAN MOTOR OUTFITS
EDISON PROJECTING KINETOSCOPES AND FILMS.
25 Clerkerystell Road,
On my return here from the Continent I find your telegram from
Orange dated June 29th reading as follows
"Randomly London Davidson cables option money his letter you
"sixteenth to be mailed Saturday Will not accept proposition
"Have not received patents GIIMOKE".
This telegram was forwarded to me on the Continent, hut I did not
think it necessary to reply by cable, therefore waited until my
return here.
I enclose you herewith copy of a letter received from
Davidson dated June 26th, by which it appears that the patents were
forwarded to you by the s.s. "Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse" which
sailed on the 20th June, and undoubtedly same are in your possession
at this time. It looks to me by this communication frcm Davidson
very much as if they were inclined to "rush" you in the matter
of purchasing these patents. I have written to advise him that
no further steps whatever will be taken in the matter until you
is & Cablrs : “Ran
mo5
&£dw<m.
EDISON /MANUFACTURING <30- Ltd.
(FACTORY: ORANGE. NJ„ V3.A.)
EDISON PRIMARY BATTERIES AND FAN MOTOR OUTFITS
EDISON PROJECTING KINETOSCOPES AND FILMS.
25 Clerkenwell Road,
London, E.C.
have made a thorough investigation re their American claims.
J.H.YL/L‘D-
[ENCLOSURE]
N. P. Co.. Ltd.
20, Middle Street,
BRIGHTON.
26th June, 1905.
Dear Sir,
I duly forwarded a copy of my U.S.A. Patent No. 193,672
according to your instructions and wishes by the steamship you
named in your letter of the 19th instant, and your third party
will receive the document in Orange, New York, to-morrow.
Now, although I have broken my stipulation that the option
must be paid before the unsealed Patent could be seen by your
third party, yet I feel and know that I am negotiating with a firm
of the highest standing and repute, and as Buch, I am meeting you in
every way possible, I have no doubt that they will reciprocate by
cabling within the next day or two stating whether they wish to take
up the patent or not, and if they do decide instructing you to pay
the £1000 option at once to me for the first refusal of above
patent at my price until the day it is Sealed, when the balance
must be paid me. I may state that I do not feel inclined to wait
over next Saturday for your third party to decide, as they will have
had every information and read my Patent and Claims, and had in my
opinion quite enough time to decide whether they wish to take up
the patent or not, and cable instructions to you re Option by
Saturday morning securing the Patent at my price stated in other
letters to you.
Kindly note correot number of Patent in this letter; there
has been great confusion in sorting out my patents as I am the
[ENCLOSURE]
N. P. Co.. Ltd.
possessor of so many. The Document of Assignment of Dr. Jumeaux'
share absolutely to me in this U.S.A. Patent, Ho. 193,672, will he
ready to file this week.
With Mr. Pries e-Greene's and my kindest regards
I remain,
Very sincerely yours,
(Signed) V/. IAS CELEBS DAVIDSOH.
J. H. White, Esq.,
25, Clerkenv/ell Road',
London .
that apparently the papers had not reached you, he seemed to feel
better about the matter, but at first he seemed to be very much
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incensed at the delay in answering his cablegram.
As advised you in my cable of yesterday I believe these people
are trying to "rush" you; although Davidson himself is a very
decent sort of fellow I believe he is being badly advised in this
matter. My advice is that you do nothing whatever toward paying
option money on his patents until you have investigated them
thoroughly. I assume by your communications on this subject
that it is your intention to make a move only after you have in¬
vestigated the entire matter.
J.H.W./L.D.
Enclosed 1 beg to hand you bill of Henry W. Carter
for expert work in connection with the New York Moving Picture
suits, amounting to $525., which I have approved for payment.
Our prima facie testimony is now closed, and Mr. Page
promises me that he will finish his testimony in September, so
it may be possible to get the Schneider suit on for hearing next
Pall.
The charge of July 7th with reference to consultation
with R.N. Dyer relates to the suit against us by the Armat Com¬
pany. Under order from the Court my brother has to go ahead with
that case, and he expected to arrange to have Mr. Carter act as
expert. I told him that 1 could expert the case with perfect pro--
priety, as I would not hesitate to ask Mr. Church not to bring
out on cross-examination, the confidential nature of my relations
with Mr. Edison, and this Mr. Church has agreed to. I will, there¬
fore, act as expert in the Armat case.
Yours very truly,
(fi/ta^*-/? — - -
J
PLD/AKC.
i0- H0LB0RN C^omadClSd^im
EDISON NVANUFACTURING <3©. Ltd.
EDISON PRIMARY BATTERIES AND FAN MOTOR OUTFITS
^^--^EDISON PROJECTING KINETOSCOPES AND FILMS.
25 Clerkenwell Road,
London, E.C
I beg to tell you that X have to-day received a further very
courteous communication from W. W. Bascelles Davidson of Brighton
on the question of his patents on animated pictures in colours.
Mr. Davidson also encloses a copy of his letter to you dated July
12th. X assume, of course, under the circumstances that you will
pay no attention to this communication inasmuch as I have notified
Davidson that negotiatio:
i end in accordance with instn
tlons contained in your communications of June 29th and 30th.
In reading Davidson's letter to you of the 12th X note same is
a hit "uppish", hut you should pay no attention to this as Davidson
is somewhat eccentric and hy no means a business man. In my opinion
he is being badly advised in this matter.
In conclusion I will say that inasmuch as he has been official¬
ly advised that his te:
» not acceptable I think you should not
bother your head further over this matter.
Very truly youra,
J.H.W./I.D.
;ing Di:
'Newark, N. J., Sept. 22, 1905,
William E. Gilmore, Esq .,,vl j /fCC'
Ediaan Manufacturing. Cpi, ' V
Orange, N. ’ j i':;' /in re KIHETOGRAPH COMPANY
Dear Sir:-
I teg to acknowledge receipt of your letter enclosing bill
from State Board of Assessors in re above entitled matter.
The reason you have been annoyed yearly in thiB matter was
because you have paid the bills that were rendered. In order to
have this corporation proclaimed by the State you must fail to pay
your taxes for at least two years and then a proclamat ion is entered
forfeiting the charter. Do not pay these taxes, nor any other bills
that are rendered against this Company, and you will not be annoyed
with any more in the future.
Yours truly , r) ,
eJV-
JEH-HD
rants & Cables : ** Randomly, London."
lophone No. 6050, HOLBORN.
^fiomooCl £dworu
EDISON NVANUFACTUR5NG <30. Ltd.
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Et)TS!<3tf0? PRIMARY BATTERIES AND FAN MOTOR OUTFITS
'EDIsbN PROJECTING KINETOSCOPES AND FILMS.
25 Clerkenwell Road,
London, E.C.
September 30th, 1905.
, Gilmore Esq. ,
Vice President & General Manager,
Edison Manufacturing Company,
Orange, New Jersey, U. S.
Dear Sir,
You will doubtless remember the small amateur Kinetoscope
which I sent you last winter which arrived at the factory in Orange
in Btsnewhat of a damaged condition, rendering it impossible for you
to properly form an idea of its merits. You will also remember
that during my, visit at Orange the latter part of last December we
discussed the matter of this small Kinetoscope and both yourself and
Mr. Edison appeared to be of the opinion that there was something in
it, provided, it could be brought to a state of perfection so that
the amateur could take and reproduce pictures on the same machine.
Since returning to this country I have acquired possession
of various patents relating to this apparatus in the following
countries, United States, Belgium, Prance, Germany, Austria, and
have carried on experiments which have at last resulted in a very
perfect instrument. The apparatus in question has now passed en¬
tirely out of the experimental stage and negatives can be recorded
on it, positive prints made and reproduced, without any change what¬
ever being made in connection with the machinery or lenses. We
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EDISON PRIMARY BATTERIES AND FAN MOTOR OUTFITS
EDISON PROJECTING KINETOSCOPES AND FILMS.
25 Clerkenwell Road,
London, E.C.
W. E. Gilmore Esq,,
have also gone so far as to have one of the best manufacturing con¬
cerns here give me a manufacturing figure on the article and. I am
absolutely certain that it could be made complete including taking
device, reproducing and photographic lenses for less than one dollar,
in fact I have a quotation covering the manufacturing complete, of
three shillings and eightpence, which is roughly 91 cents.
1 am sending you by next parcel post a perfect model of
this device together with several disc negatives and positive papers
suitable for printing the records. I shall also include in the
package directions for operating the camera, developing the negatives,
making the paper reproductions. 1 am sure one of your people at
the works will have no trouble in making Borne test pictures for you
and demonstrating the novel-ty and usefulness of this little device
which I have christened the "Kino Kamm". I am sure you are looking
for some device of thiB kind in order that the moving pictures can
be introduced into the home similar to the phonograph. X have no
doubt that aftpr using this little camera you will conclude there is
a large field for it.. Of course T, consider it my duty to submit
this apparatus to my own Company before offering it or showing it to
anyone else, and therefore I am sending the model to you for your
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W. E, Gilmore Esq. ,
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inspection and opinion, which I shall value very highly.
I should also be glad if you would direct the- matter "to
the attention of Mr. Edison, as I feel that he would doUbtleTss be
interested. If you care to have Mr. Iyer make a .patent inspection
permit me- to tail you that the United Etat'es patent is not yet
issued but the application number is 272,766 filed August 4th, 1905.-
Leating the iaatteh in your handB and trusting tf> hear
ffom you in the very near future as tp your* ideas 'Qn this matter,
I am, with kindest regards,
Most sinperely ypurb,
JHW/CID.
Telegram <fi Oatlet : <■ Randomly, London."
Telephone No. SOSO, HC
C^mnahi
mark
EUROPEAN HEADQUARTERS
Thomas A.
EDISON’S
Phonographs,
l ST national phonograph <s°- Ltd.
Sgjp F EDISON A\ANUFACTURING SO. Ltd.
25, Clerkenwell Road,
f RECEIVED^ , , _ _
mov 8 isos :| London, E.C.
October 28th, 1905.
,F01!!.IGf! Dl'RT,
E. Gilmore Esq., Presiden^h.'f
National - - "-
Ori
Dear Sir,
original communication from Walter Stevens dated October 13th, which
:uwre jiBq. , rresiaent, _
National Phonograph Co.,
Orange, New Jersey, U. S.
I
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tv . _ _ ^ „ I MAIN OFFICE. J
I have your esteemed favour of OctoberSlfrth-enc losing the
I return herewith. The explanation regarding the shipment to Mr.
Vaolac Kutmon is of course entirely satisfactory to us, and vie are
glad to know that, as suggested in our letter of September 20th, there
was a very good reason for making this shipment direct to Austria.
In connection with the sale of films to Jules Gruenbaum of
Berlin, we quite appreciate that this sale was made due to the fact
that Mr. Gruenbaum was in America with money to spend, and we our¬
selves are always anxious that every dollar possible should be cap¬
tured for the Edison interests. On the other hand this man Green-
baura is a bad egg, he makes a business of copying films, in fact we
believe he is the only copyist in Europe. Burthermore his statements
as to being unable to obtain our films in London or Berlin are en¬
tirely untrue; we have refused to deal with him owing to the fact that
he copies, and also that he has failed on more than one occasion to
make good his obligations in reference to c.o.d. shipments.
Very truly yours,
JHW/CID.
[ATTACHMENT]
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o^IaA^u, \<xaa^-~ ~V~ Vi f CL^- — >-T'— j'-i —
-Messrs. Walter Stevens- A. T. Moore:
Note attached letter from Mr. White, dated October 28th-
returning your communication to me of October 13th, as to shipment to
Mr. Kutmon and sale of films to Gruenbaum.
So far as the latter is concerned, I think we had better discon¬
tinue doing any further 'business with this gentleman. I realize that
he will get films through some other source, but at any rate we do not
want to give him the lowest prices going, which I understand is what
has been done in the past.
After Mr. Stevens is through with this letter he will kindly refer
it to Mr. Moore for his information.
Have you any suggestions as to what reply to make to 1
11/6/&5. W. E. Gilmore.
.V
ore. ✓
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3., COMMERCIAL,
Thomas A.
EDISON’S
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MARK
EUROPEAN HEADQUARTERS
OP THE FACTOPiFS :
NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH <30. Ltd. “W
spF edison Manufacturing g°- Ltd.
EB«,c;fersimary 25, Cletkenwell Road,
Bates and Edison Automatic Hand 7
Numbering Machines. « - —
London, E.C.
jhw/jc
W. E, Gilmore Esq., President,
national Phonograph Company,
Orange. N.J. U.S.A,
With further reference to my letter of September S50th
regarding small amateur kinetoscope, I am pleased to aevise you that I
have to-day shipped a: model by parcels post direoted to you personally
at Orange. The package lias been marked "Sample Kinetograph Only"
so that I think you will have no trouble in having it passed through
the Orange Post Office.
I shall send you by next post another model which will be
mofe complete in one or two slight details. I shall also send a third
model through Mr .Walter StevenB so that there will be no question of
one of the three reaching you in perfect condition.
Very sincerely yours
NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH COMPANY LIMITED
[ENCLOSURE]
ROUGH INSTRUCTIONS for OPERATING "THE KINOHAN".
Pirst open the to ox in Dark Room and taking a film from the
pocket place the little slot on the edge of film under the head at
the outer end of the spring and the hole in the centre of the
film oyer the centre stud in the gear; then put on the Bhutter,
being careful to see that the slots come either side of the
opening window.
"This should always be so unless the gears are taken apart
"and not properly adjusted and put together"
The correct adjustment when handle is held by the stop is for the
spring to rest on the first pin beyond the pinion shaft. Hold the
camera with the window at the top and cIobo the box securing it
with the hooks and turn the lens block on the top of the camera so
that the small photographio lens comes directly over the window.
The camera is now ready for taking a disc record.
When you have the subjeot properly showing in the finder,
which will be found on the end of block and under magnifying glass,
with a slight pressure of the thumb oarefully press baok the. stop
which you will find on the back of camera, then give the handle
about £ turn. Remove the thumb from the stop and continue to
turn the handle at about one turn per second until the motion is
arrested by the automatic stop.
You will then have made 24 exposures, and reversing operations
the film oan be taken out in the Dark Room and developed the sans
[ENCLOSURE]
N. P. Co., Ltd.
as any ordinary negative.
Bromide or solio prints oan then he made on disc papers
cut to the exact measurement of the film. After toning and fixing
same they oan he placed on the camera, the stop pressed hack and
seoured hy the hook. The handle oan he revolved as many times as
required, thus repeating the motion of the subject.
Of course in reproducing the picture the shutter is
abandoned and the lens plug is turned so that the magnifying
glass instead of the photographic lenB comes over the opening.
[ENCLOSURE]
Telegrams A Cables : •• Randomly, London.11
Telephone No. 5050, HOLBORN.
Thomas A. European headquarters
EDISON’S op the
Phonographs, _ ^
p|c“ NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH (30. Ltd. '
S$gpF EDIS°N MANUFACTURING go. Ltd.
S&5s"H“d 25, C,erkenwe]J Road>
London, E.C.
,» sjiippiwo advice.
Date of Shipment.
■Method of Shipment
Humber of Cases : Marks .
Case : Contents : Ket Weight
: Cross Weight : Measurements.
i. 5050, HOLBORN.
(X&dvsotu
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2-5;:GIe;rfcenw e 1 1 Road,
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Edison Manufacturing (Jo.
Oran •:
London, E.C.
November 13th, 1905.
ii -;e, BeV Jew#?) tJ.'iSv A.
usifer
I regret that in sending you model of the amateur kinat-
oscope last week 1 did not include in the packet negatives for mak¬
ing exposures and. paper for printing 3ame. X am, therefore, sending
you under separate cover by today'B post, one packet containing one
dozen disc negatives and one packet containing one dozen eolio paper
discs for printing. These wlii go forward addressed to you direct
to Orange. They are very carefully packed and properly protected,
and I trust they will reach you in good order. I presume you will
give proper instructions to ensure these being opened in a dark room
only .
I am also sending with the packet of printing paper one
disc that is printed and finished, end although this print 1b by no
means a good. one, it will serve to illustrate the possibilities of
the small camera, and will alBO give your people a good idea as to
the density at which the picture should be printed.
* Very truly yours,
Managing Bireotor'
JHW/CII).
EDISON MANUFACTURING CD.
'nP,'. MAIN office and factory
xiQ,Cdi^on^ ORANGE. N.J.
EDISON PRIMARY BATTERIES AND FAN MDTDR OUTFITS
EDISON PROJECTING KINETDSnOPES AND FILMS.
Picture Copyright League, and would state that I attended the ad¬
journed meeting this after-noon at which were present Messrs. Smith,
Marion and Melies.
Mr. Marion expressed his disappointment at the fact that
you did not purpose joining them in this matter; and I have my
doubts if there, will be anything whatever done in this direction,
as all hands are apparently lukewarm on the subject, and each one
of those present appeared to be carefully watching what the other
one purposed doing.
Before leaving I suggested to Hr. Marion that if he had
anything further that he cared to draw to your attention, I would
be pleased to have him address me on the subject, and I in turn would
take the matter- up with you for further consideration.
Yours very trulv,
fez ,/ /
LVR Q/~-f / ( -
Manager 'Credit Dep't.
[ENCLOSURE]
^ - > EDISON MANUFACTURING CD.
SW. ...... n MAIN OFFICE AND FACTORY
Owwmai(X td on-> ORANGE, N.J.
EDISON PRIMARY BATTERIES AND FAN MOTOR OUTFITS
EDISON PROJECTING KINETDSCDPES AND FILMS.
Mr. Wm. Pi. Gilmore, Vice-President & General Manag
Edison Manufacturing Company,
"Dear Sir:-—
As per your instructions, 'T"aiftefided
the meeting which took place at the office of the American Mutoscope
& Biograph Company at which were present Mr. Marion of that companv
Mr. Berst of Pathe Preres, Mr. Melies, Mr. Smith of the Vitagraph
Company, Mr. Waters and myself.
The object of the meeting as explained by up-* Marion was
that there is a copyright- law about to be passed, and which will affect
a great many trades, but that the moving picture manuf actnrers have
not yet been represented, and in order that they may be benefitted,
it will be necessary for all manufacturers of moving pictures to be¬
come associated, so that they may derive benefit from such copyright
lav/. It seems the only way a moving picture can be copyrighted, ex¬
cept. as is now being done, 5s that it be classified as a' dramatic
production, and this will not permit of an idea being cop7/righted ,
but will only prevent the duplication of a film as a whole.
Personally I cannot see any objection to such an associ¬
ation being formed, but I cannot see wherein the Edison Manuf ac tur-
ing Company would be benefitted by associating themselves with con¬
cerns like the Vitagraph Company with whom we are apt to have lit.iga-
I am enclosing for your consideration a copy of the
By Laws which was submitted by Mr . Marion, and which points out the
purposes of such an association. I believe after reading this over
you will be able to decide as to whether you purpose joining with
them,,, or not.
The informal meeting v/as adjourned to meet on Wednesday,
Hov.r 29th at 1.30 P. M. , at the same place. It may be possible that
you would prefer to have Mr.. Waters' opinion before you decide as to
your action in the matter, and as I am taking it for granted that you
will come to New York to-morrow, you will probably see him concerning
this .
IiVR
Tours very truly,
EDISON IAANOTACTUKING COMPANY.
(J/-
Manager Credit Department.
[ENCLOSURE]
BY 4IAWS AND RULES
of tho
MOVING PICTURE COPYRIGHT LEAGUE.
TITLE.
Association is a voluntary one, and
its name shall he the "Moving Picture Copyright League of
America.
OBJECTS:
11 * Tho objects of the League shall he to
secure and protect photographic copyrights, to suppress
piracies and generally to promote the interests of the
profession.
111 ■ A11 manufacturers of .dealers in, and
exhibitors of moving pictures shall be qualified to become
members of the League under the rules, on personal appli¬
cation, or on being introduced by a member, and all such
manufacturers, dealers or exhibitors who have given their
adherence to the League shall be considered duly elected.
power of electing 1
The Executive Committee shall have the
; as Honorary Members, freo from any
>tion, any persons resident abroad whom they mac
discretion select as Corresponding Agents for
advantage to the Lcagui
FUNDS .
1 ‘ There shall be a Donation Fluid. The
Donation Fund shall be in the charge of the Treasurer. There
shall be no Annual Subscription,’ but the working 'expense
of the League shall be met by Voluntary Donations.
[ENCLOSURE]
OFFICERS. j
VIII< The management of the League shall bo
by an Executive Committee of five member n (but with power
to incrcaee their number for any current term) to be
o.lected at each annual meeting by the regular member a of j
the League and to serve until their successors are chosen, j
The Committee shall, upon its election, immediately proceed !
to elect from their own number a President , Vice-President , i
Secretary, and Treasurer.
MEETINGS OP COMMITTEE:
x* The Executive Committee shall moot at any
time when notified by the Secretary upon the request, of any
two members of the Committee. Three days at least must
elapse between the issue of the notices (unless the Secre¬
tary shall mark them "very urgent") and the day for which
the meeting is called. Three shall constitute a quorum.
ACCOUNTS.
XI. Proper Books of account shall be kept at
the offices of the League, and all such accounts shallbe
audited by the auditors once in every year, and of tenor if
the Executive Committee shall so determine. The auditors
shall be elected at the annual meeting of the Leaguo. All
moneys received by the Secretary shall be paid to the
Treasurer within seven days.
GENERAL MEETINGS.
XII. A General Meeting of the League shall be
held in the month of January in each year, und of such
meeting seven days notice shall be sent to each member,
together with the report (if any) of the Executive Commit. too
and an abstract of short statement of the accounts of the
League, together with a note of any alterations of and any
[ENCLOSURE]
additions to the Rules that may ho proposed. Extraordinary
General Meetings shall he summoned at any time upon the re¬
quisition of twenty aiemhera of the League. At any such
meeting the Rplea of the League may he added to or altered
hy the vote of two- thirds of the members present, provided
that notice by moil, deposited in the Post-Office at least
fourteen days prior to the date of the meeting, has been
given by the secretary to each member, stating the proposed
additions or alteration. Ten members, or five members and
five proxies, shall form a quorum at the meetings of the
League and the Chairman shall have a casting vote,
_ EDISON MANUFACTURING CD.
. MAIN OFFICE AND FACTORY
aaQ/GdiAoru, ORANGE, N.J.
EDISON PRIMARY BATTERIES AND FAN MDTDR OUTFITS
EDISON PROJECTING KINET0SCOPES AND FILMS.
Mr. Ddi son- -Mrv ■Oi-tatore .
Dear Sir:
We have placed an order for Kinetoscope advertising for the
month of February in the following publications.
Asso. Sunday Hags. 22 lines $35.64
Collier's Weekly 22 lines 44.55
Everybodys 28 lines 53.13
Hearst Magazines 22 lines 48.26
Pearson's 28 lines 21.51
Success 28 lines 47.60
$250.69
plus 10/u 25.07
#275.76
Very truly yours,
EDISON MAUUEACTURIHS CO. ,
Advertising Department .
Manager. /
1905. Phonograph - General (D-05-28)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
the technical and commercial development of phonographs. Among the
items for 1 905 are letters pertaining to phonograph advertising and to the
testimony of Adolph Melzer regarding the development of phonograph
records. Also included is correspondence between William E. Gilmore,
president and general manager of the National Phonograph Co., and Eugene
Griffin of the General Electric Co. concerning the manufacture and sale of
perforated music rolls.
Approximately 50 percent of the documents have been selected.
Among the documents not selected are printed items dealing with the rental
of perforated music rolls and a copy of the contract between the Victor
Talking Machine Co. and its dealers.
I reached Evansville late Monday afternoon and spent the
evening and all day Tuesday with Mr. Melzer. I. found the latter
impressed with the idea that he ought not to do anything to harm
Mcdonald unless the Graphophone Company insists on going ahead
with the suits against you. He was very anxious to have me tele¬
graph or to telegraph himself to Mcdonald to the effect that I was
fully acquainted with the circumstances surrounding Melzer' s work
and giving Mcdonald the opportunity of withdrawing the suits. It
seemed to me that that would he a foolish thing to do, since the
further the Graphophone people go with the suits the bettor it
will be for us in exposing Mcdonald 's dishonesty, and I finally
persuaded Melzer that it would be better to let the matter rest
as it is without sending the telegram. Melzer seemed particularly
anxious that we should not humiliate or discredit Mcdonald, unless
Mcdonald persists in his attack on you, so that I was careful to
let him think that we wanted the evidence solely for the purposes
of defense and not for the purpose of attacking and discrediting
Mcdonald. I don't know whether Melzer 's attitude is due to a
very high moral sense or to the fear of incurring the wrath of the
Graphophone Company; perhaps it is a little of both. As the matter
now stands, therefore, Melzer would not let me make copies of
Mcdonald' s letters to him but he allowed me to read all of them,
and he will furnish us copies of his laboratory notes, showing
T. A. E. -2-
beyond question that the composition was fully invented by him
prior to December 31, 1894, when he disclosed the same to the
Graphophone Comrany. He assures me that if the Graphophone peo¬
ple persist in going ahead with the cases, everything will be put
at our disposal and that he will testify to the whole story.
In reading Mcdonald's letters to Melzer, I find that they
are absolutely incriminating; he recognizes and acknowledges
Melzer 's work; he frequently refers to the prior existence of
Edison blanks and his anxiety to imitate the same; ho refers to
the hiring of men from the Phonograph V/orks and he admits that
aluminum was used by the Phonograph Works' as early as 1892, or more
than four years before filing his application. There could be
nothing better for our purpose than these letters from Mcdonald
to Melzer. As the case now stands we are in a position to use
this evidence if the Graphophone Company proceeds with the suits.
If, however, they do not go ahead and we find it necessary to
proceed against Mcdonald on our own initiative, we will have to
get the letters from Melzer in some other way, and I think a
personal request from you would get them.
I expect to be in Chicago today and tomorrow with Mr* Carter
on the Film suits now pending in New York, and to spend Friday at
Ft. Wayne with Judge Taylor on the Miller and Aylsworth suits to
be brought in West Virginia, reaching home Saturday afternoon and
being at the office Monday morning.
With best wishes, I am
Yours very truly,
CP
7T. _ >
PHONOGRAPH DICTATION.
Adolph Melzer, Esq.,
Evansville ,
My dear Sir:-
Your letter of the 16th inst. is received, and
1 regret that there should have been any misunderstanding re¬
garding your letters. Mr. Dyer left so shortly after my re¬
ceiving your letters of the 6th and 8th insts. that it seemed
hardly necessary to formally acknowledge them.
Regarding your suggestion that I Bhould telegraph
Macdonald, giving him the opportunity of withdrawing his suits,
I am afraid that that course would not serve our purpose, and
certainly do not think, under the circumstances, that I should
do anything to jeopardize my chances of making a successful
defense. Dr. Gathman's letters which you kindly forwarded
were read with interest, and 1 will he obliged if you will per¬
mit me to retain them. In this connection allow me to repeat
my assurance that I fully appreciate your interest in my oase
and your kind promise of continued assistance in the future.
Mr. Dyer tells me that your phonograph is a re¬
modelled concert machine to take standard records and that it
is not entirely satisfactory. I have given orderB to have sent
A. Melzer, Esq. - :
$o you a phonograph of the latest type, which please accept
with my compliments and which, I think, you will find is a
great improvement.
Yours very truly,
Of
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[ENCLOSURE]
JANUARY, 1905.
VICTOR _ _ _ EDISON COLUMBIA
Ainslee 1 s
Argosy
Associated Sunday Magazines
Booklovers
Cover
233.75
cost
bpac e
Page
j Cost.
L16.87
Christian Herald
Cover
1344.00
Collier's
Cosmopolitan
Inserl
1031.43
l/4 page
224.79
Delineator
Everybody' s
Earn & Eire side
Earn & Home
Eour Track News
Cover
600.00
page
140 1.
page
374.00
245.00
215.60
79.46
Good Housekeeping
Gunter's
L/2 page
i 85.00
Harper's Monthly
Hear st Sunday Magazines
1/4 p.
140 1.
346.50
Ladies' Home Journal
1000.00
Ladies' World
140 1.
256.41
Leslie's Monthly.
Life
In sert
748.44
page
140 1.
249.48
page
249.48
McClure ' s
page
374.40
page
374.40
It
374.40
140 1.
Metropolitan
page
110.88
Mun sey ' s
|page
475.00
page
475.00
National Magazine
page
126.22
National Sportsmen
Outing
Cover
260.00
Overland Monthly
Pearson's
Popular Magazine
Red Book
Review of Reviews
page
89.10
page
page
l/4 p.
112.20
Saturday Evening Post
Scribner’ s
l/4 P.
page
450.00
225.00
350i00
Smart Set
Strand
page
225.00
Success
Sun set
Cover
3000.00
140 1.
261.80
Twentieth Century Home
Cover
474.00
Woman ' s Home Cmpanion
World's Work
Cover
L800.00
140 1.
315.00
World To-day-
Youth's Companion
page
140 1 .
60.77
388.08
11,330.12 4866.00 825.75
SKoTrEadverniBing i» the ”rth::::: . — - — 594.22
[ENCLOSURE]
EEBRUARY, 1905.
. VICTOR _ EDI SON _ COLUMBIA
Space
Cost
Space
Cost
Space
Cost .
Ainslee ' s
Argo sy
AssQ. Sunday Magazines
Boolclovers
Page
211.61
Page
250.00
Page
116.87
Christian Herald
Collier' s
Cosmopolitan
‘Page
394.24
l/4 page
224.79
Delineator
Cover
3000.00
Everybody ' s
»»
600.00
Page
374.00
Page
374.00
Earn & Eireseide
140 1.
245 .00
Farm & Home
215.60
Pour Track News
Good Housekeeping
Guhter's
Page
170.00
Page
79.46
Harper's Monthly
Hearst Sunday Magazines
Insert
433.22
140 1.
346.50
Ladies' Home Journal
Ladies' World
Leslie's Monthly
Page
249.48
Page
Page
249.48
249.48
Life
140 1.
69.30
McClure ' s
Page
374.40
Page
374.40
Men & Women
Metropolitan
Page
110.88
140 1.
33.11
Page
110.88
Munsey ' s
In sert
950.00
Page
500.00
National Magazine
National Sportsmen
Outing
Overland Monthly
Cover
260.00
Page
40.00
Pearson' s
Popular Magazine
Page
178.20
Red Book
Review of Reviews
Page
112.20
Saturday Evening Post
Scribner' s
Page
225.00
l/4 page
350.00
Smart Set
Strand
Success
418.88
168 1.
314.21
Page
200.000
16 in.
Sunset
Twentieth Century Home
page
49.19
Woman's Home Companion
World's work
140 1.
315.00
World To-day
Page
60.77
Youth's Companion
140 1.
388.08
7397.71 4269.29 1551.23
ZONOPHONE advertising in the month-
TALKOPHONE " « n .
§374.20
none.
[ENCLOSURE]
MARCH, 1905.
Space Cost Space Cost.
Ainslee's
Argo By
AssoV Sunday Magazine!
Booklovers
. Christian Herald
Collier’s
. Cosmopolitan
• Delineator
, Everybody's
•para & Fireside
Farm & Home
Four Traok Hews
Goodhousekeeping
Gunter's
Harder 's Monthly
Hearst Sunday Magazine
ladies' Home Journal
ladies' World
le side's Monthly
life
McClure's
Men & Women
Metropolitan
Mun sey ' s
Rational Magazine
Rational Sportsmen
Outing
Overland Monthly
Pearson ' s
Popular Magazine
Red Book
Review of Reviews
Saturday Evening Post
Scribner ' s
Smart Set
Strand
Success
Sunset
Twentieth Century Home
Woman ' s Home Companion
World's Work
’fforld To-day
Youth's Companion
Page
116.87
1/2. page
66.00
Page
l/4 page
346.50
Cover
s
600 .00
140 1.
Page
245 .00
215.60
29.46
Page
Page
Page
249.48
I 374.40
475 .00
140 1.
140 1.
Page
140 1.
Page
Page
Page
256.41
69.30
374.40
33.11
158.40
475.00
126.23
■ Page
40:00
l/a. page
Page
Page
350.00
225.00
225.00
Page
Page
1/4 page
112.20
198.00
350.00
Page
16 in- '
418.88
1 Col.
Page
314.21
49.19
l/4 page
386.00
.
Page
140 1.
60.77
388.08
Page
[ENCLOSURE]
APRIL, 1905.
VICTOR EDISON COLUMBIA
Space
Cost
Space
Cost
Space
Cost
Ain slee 1 s
Argo sy
Asso. Sunday Magazines
Page
211.61
Booklovers
Christian Herald
Collier's
Cosmopolitan
Delineator
Page
394.24
L/4. page
346.50
Everybody ' s
Cover
600 .00
420.75
Para & Pireside
L40 1.
245.00
Parm & Home
Good Housekeeping
Gunter ' s
Page
170.00
L40 1..
195 758
Harper's Monthly
Ladle s ' Home Journal
Ladies' World
Leslies' Monthly
Cover
560.00
Page
249.48
Life
McClure ' s
Page
374.40
140 1..
69.30
Metropolitan
Page
158.40
Mun sey ' s
National Magazine
Page
475.00
Page
475.00
National Sportsmen
Outing
Overland Monthly
Pearson ' s
Cover
260.00
Page
Page
40.00
178.20
Popular Magazine
ped Book
Review of Reviews
Page
112.20
Page
112.20
Saturday Evening Post
Scribner' s
Page
225.00
l/4 page 1
450.00
„
225.00
Smart Set
Strand
Success
418.88
1 Col.
314.21
200.00
16 in.
Sun set
Twentieth Century Home
l/4 page
page
49.19
Woman's Home Companion
386.00
140 1.
315 .00
World's V/o rk
World To-day
118.80
Page
60.77
"
118.80
Youth's Companion
140 1.
388.08
4352.33 3909.06 656.00
$732.52
ZONOPHOHE advertising in the month-
TALKOPHONE " n ••
[ENCLOSURE]
[ENCLOSURE]
JUNE, 1905.
VICTOR _ EDISON COLUMBIA
Space
Cost
Space
Cost
Space
Cost.
Ain slee 1 s
Argo sy
Page
211.61
Page
| 211.61
Asso. Sunday Magazines
Booklovers
14 in.
349.25
1
Christian Herald
Collier' s
Cosmopolitan
l/4 p.
346.50
Delineator
Everybody's
E&rtn & Eireside
Earn & Home
Cover
. 600.00
Page
420.75
1
1
Good Housekeeping
Gunter's
Harper's Monthly
Ladies' Home Journal
Page
Page
i7o;oo
100.00
i
i
Ladies' 7/orld
Leslie's Monthly
Life
Cover
560.00
Page
249.48
1
McClure ' s
Metropolitan
Page
| 374.40
Page
374.40
Mun sey ' s
National Magazine
National Sportsmen
Page
475.00
Page
40.00.
Outing
Overland Monthly
Pearson's
Page
40.00.
1
Popular Magazine
178.20
i
Red Book
Review of Reviews
Page
198.00
Page
112.20
1
Saturday Evening Post
Scribner ' s
Smart Set
Page
225.00
1/4 p.
450.00
Page l
Strand
Sue oo ss
16 in.
418.88
16 in. ■
418.88
200.00
Sunset
Twentieth Century Home
Page
49.19
Woman's Horae Companion
7/orld 's Work
l/4 p.
386.00
14 in.
490.00
World To-day
Youth's Companion
Page
60.77
3243.89 4014.62 451.61
ZONOPHONE advertising in the month-
JALKOPHONE " » .. .
[ENCLOSURE]
TOTALS
VICTOR
EDISOJT
COLUMBIA
ZONOPHOl'IE TALKOPHOHE
January
$11,330.12
$4866.00
$ 825.75
$ 694.22
$ 985.12
February
7,397.71
4269.29
1551.23
374.20
March
3,420.63
3957.86
435.67
796.56
April
4,352.33
3909.06
656.00
732.52
May
3,134.63
3850.09
200.00
1074.08
June
3,243.89
4014.62
451.61
$32,879.21 $
24,866.92
$ 47rS9726~
$1068.42
$3,588.28
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
SCHENECTADY, N. Y.
New York Office, 44 Broad St.
Oct’. 16th, 1905;.
W. E. Gillmore, Esq.,
Edison Phonograph Works,
Orange , 1) . J .
Pear Fr. Gillmore :-
The assets of the Company are $75,000., not in¬
cluding patents, good will, etc. The patents are mainly the patents
of 0. H. Pavis on the electric perforating machines, under which the
Company holds an exclusive license, patents on the rolls and what is
said to be a fundamental patent on the paper cylinder with paper
flanges as a substitute for the '.vooden cylinders . It is claimed
that these patents cover the cutting of rolls by electrical machines
under the present methods .
It is proposed to turn the Company over to you under a 99
year lease — the conditions on our side being that the Company shall
be free from debt with cash in the treasury — the conditions on. your
side being that you shall pay us $5,000. per year.
In case the Company is phenominally successful, as' we be¬
lieve it will be under your management, then and only then do we want,
a share of the profits for our stockholders as follows :-
After you have received $5,000. to offset the $5,000. paid
to us, the remaining net earnings to be divided equally between us up
to a maximum to be agreed upon, after which all of the net earnings
to be yours .
The condition of the retail office and headquarters at 25
West ? 3rd Street is excellent, and can readily be noted by a visit
GENERAL ELECTRIC
from you or Mr. Edison. The condition of the factory at Schenectady
is excellent, and you could verify this hy taking a day off. All
that we need is an increase in orders, and this we believe you can
secure through your selling organization. Our orders from May 1st
to October 1st were 4fi,791 rolls, but this is the dullest part of the
year, and from October 1st orders are increasing.
The factory at Schenectady is ample in capacity for an out¬
put of 10,000 rolls per week, or 520,000 per year. It is rented
from the General Electric Co. at a rental of $150.00 per month, and
can be given up without penalty at any moment .
The headquarters, retail office and library are at 25' West
23rd Street, the quarters being rented at $233.33 per month. The
lease runs until May 1st, 1907, but I am assured that the quarters
could easily be sub- let if desired.
The assets of the Company on Sept. 30th stood as follows:-
Plant and machinery . $14,466.50
Cuts and engravings . 40.00
Furniture and fixtures (Factory) . 2,101,42
do (Hew York Office) . 1,852.00
Piano and players . 1,865.50
Masters . 12,676.79
Paper stock (Factory) . 488.06
Sundry stock " . 3 299 .32
Perforated stock " 10,968.33
Completed stock " . . . 2,279.43
CENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY.
H • Y • Retail stock . §6,548.00
Cash . 1,191 .56-
Accounts Receivable . 11,780.31
Unexpired insurance . 42 40
Stationary and printing supplies . 1,007.98
Stock Account Receivable . 2 271.33
The Amphion Co . 832 20
I. H. Halstead Installment Acct . 400.00
A. E, B. Sturcke " " 540.00
Catalogue Account . 1,503.67
Total ...... .§76,154.80
The details may be somewhat modified when turned over to
you, particularly the paper stock at the factory is sure to increase
(as it should) and the "stock account receivable" has been partially
paid this month, but we will guarantee that the cash in the treasury
when turned over will not be less than §500. (probably much more) ,
and that the Company will be free from debt.
As regards the prospects of securing business you are per¬
haps a better judge than myself .
■While the foregoing statements are made on. the basis of
reports to me, to the best of my knowledge and belief they are cor¬
rect and are open to verification.
If there is anything more that you desire, please ask and
the information will be forthcoming. ^
Very tru^Tyours^^' ^
New York Office, 44 Broad St.
Oct. 18th, 1905.
W. E. Gilmore, Esq.,
Edison Phonograph Works,
Orange., N. J.
Dear Mr. Gilmore :-
¥x . Henderson informs me this morning that Tyon &
Healey of Chicago are the representatives of the Aeolian Company, and
that it has been impossible therefore for the Perforated Company to
sell them the ordinary music rolls . They have a department, how¬
ever, in which they handle the "Mage a tic" (nickle in the slot) player,
and the Perforated Company has supplied them with rolls for this in¬
strument . The Manager of that Department has always been friendly
towards the Perforated Company and has continued to order its goods.
Very trujy^ yours,
Mr. Polbeer:
N, Y. Office,
October 20, 1905.
In re exchange or renting system practised by Piano
Player manufacturers;
I understand the Aeolian Co. operate what is called a
Music Roll Library, a membership ticket to which costs $20.00
per year and entitles a member to twelve rolls every two weeks,
and the company will deliver exchange rolls at members'
residences, but prefers to have them call after their libra¬
ries.
The Perforated Music Roll Co. have a renting system and
charge $2.00 per year, and a customer by the payment of this
fee becomes the owner of orj£ roll of music which is exchangeable
at any time upon the payment of an exchange fee of 5 cents.
The music rolls may be exchanged as often as desired, each
exchange costing 5 cents. I understand that as a rule the
popular selections are not placed in their exchange library,
and that when a customer calls for a certain popular selection
are
he is told that they^out and will save for him the first one
that comes in, and it happens that when the selection does come
in, it has lost its popularity. The purpose of this scheme
is evidently to force members of the exchange library to pur¬
chase the record desired from the regular Btock.
These are the only two concerns about which I have any
information, so far as the exchange system is concerned. This
information was obtained incidentally to an investigation I
was conducting, but I will have Mr. McCoy obtain further infor¬
mation on the exchange proposition.
JWB William Pelzer. .
fU-CJU-
FIRST VICE-PREsfeeM^OFFICE,
GENERAL ELECTRIC COIv|Wa^V-;
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EDGAR W. «S5ST
NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO.
ORANGE, N. J.
EDISON PHONOGRAPHS & RECORDS.
the Aeoliari and Apollo Systems of handling their Sheet Music Rolls,
and under separate cover 1 am sending ybu their catalogues and
Printed Matter, giving detailB.
1 also purpose investigating the Wanamaker System of hand¬
ling these goods, which I will forward to you at as early a date as
possible. Should the information so far reoeivSd be insufficient,
kindly notify me and I will investigate further.
Tours very truly,
RATIONAL PHONOGRAPH COMPANY.
Manager Credit Department
P. S. Have just received an additional report on the above, and
would state that the Apollo Library proposition iB evidently the
best, due to the fact that they claim to put into their library
all the new music as soon as published; whereas, The faoU&n hold
their new music for a period of six months.
[ENCLOSURE]
The Aeolian Company, New York City, have two so-called li-
hrarlea, in oonneotion with their music roll department, ao under;
CIRCULATING LIBRARY
The objeot of thiB is to give patrons aooess to their
musical catalogue at a nominal oost, and for this they have two
subscriptions. First;
REGULAR MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTION
One year - — - $20.00
Six months- - — - —$15.00
Three months— - - — $10.00, payable in advance.
METROSTYLE MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTION
(Access to either)
One year - $26.00
Six months - -$15.00
Three months- - -—$10.00, payable in advance.
By means of this department, members oan procure such muoio
as they may desire to hear occasionally but which they would not
oare to purchase, or with selections they are unfamiliar with, they
can in this way become acquainted with many compositions they would
otherwise never hear.
Members are requested to furnish a list of 24 numbers,
our of which The Aeolian Company agree to deliver 12 (out of the 24)
once every two weeks. Eaoh lot of 12 are retained until the next
lot of 12 are delivered, but the entire lot must be exchanged every
time. The subscriber has the privilege of repeating upon the new
liBt any numbers he desired. If you wish to buy any of these rolls
outright, you oan do at ourrent selling prices.
HOME LIBRARY
(Not oiroulating)
A subscription to this costs $60.00, good for one year,
which oan be paid on the instalment plan if desired, and under
which you oan have the entire amount of rolls ($60.00 worth) deliv¬
ered at onoe. These rolls oan be returned at any time, when they
will be oredited to your Home Library account at 50$ of the selling
prioe, and new rolls delivered and charged to you at list price;
then when they are returned they are oredited, and so on.
The Apollo Company's proposition is praotioally the same,
excepting that their musio is all put in the Liti&ry at once, while
The Aeolian Company do not put in their musio until six months after
being listed.
NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH ED.
ORANGE, N.J.
EDISON PHONOGRAPHS & RECORDS.
31 Union Square, New York.
I beg to advise as follows:- I have called, and have also had
Mr. Patrick call, on a number of Piano Houses in this town, who are
handling Piano Players, of various makes, and the general opinion, as
expressed to us is that there is a limited sale for the Music Rolls,
the vast bulk of the business being done by the Library Scheme.
George P. Bent, who handles the Angelus Piano Player, and
also the Knabe and Sohmer Pianos, with Piano Player attachment included
therein sell a quantity of machines of this description, but state that
the majority of their customers purchase one roll of music for which they
'pay the sum of $2.00. This roll can be exchanged as often as the custo¬
mer pleases by bringing it in and paying five cents exchange fee, in ex¬
change for another roll. This circulation of these rolls is kept Tip un¬
til they are practically worn out, when they are placed on a bargain coun¬
ter and sold at any price they can get for them.
The Kimball Piano Company handling the Apollo, handle
their business in much the same manner as Lyon & Healy, charging $20.00
NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH ED.
ORANGE, N. J.
EDISON PHONOGRAPHS & RECORDS.
10/26/05
W. E. G.-2-
a year for the Library Privilege, with the privilege of talcing twelve
selections upon payment of the fee, and exchanging these twelve selec¬
tions every thirty days, if they desire, for twelve new ones.
They claim that the average sale of music rolls outright,
to purchasers of Piano Players, does not exceed twelve rolls per year,
and that was rather a high average.
Practically the same information was given me by the D. H.
Baldwin Company, Cable Piano Company and several of the smaller houses
located along Wabash Avenue who handle various makes of machines.
Is this sufficient information for you, or Bhall I prose¬
cute my inquiries further? Although I believe I have covered all the
important houses in town.
Yours very truly.
NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO.
ORANGE, N. J.
EDISON PHONOGRAPHS & RECORDS.
Referring to your request that I inves¬
tigate Site Planora Company, 41 Iffest 24t,K St., S'. 1t» t it.y* would
state that X had Mr. Me Coy go there this morning, and i learn that
they are 'the manufacturers -of a Slot, ^lano, which uses a music roll,
which they also manufacture. The visible stoolf on
hand consists of four pianos and a machine for cutting the sheet
music . Their, quarters are very; j limited, and they do not appear
to be doing any groat, amount Of business.
Am sending you under separate cover, their catalogue,
together with other Printed Matter qij the. Bubject.
If you desire anything further on this, kindly adviBe me.
Tours v€jny truly,
HATIOKAli PHONOGRAPH COMPANY.
1905. Phonograph - Edison Phonograph Works
(D-05-29)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
business of the Edison Phonograph Works. Among the items for 1905 are a
letter from the National Phonograph Co. placing orders for the year and a 3-
page description of the Works written sometime after December 1, 1905.
Approximately 50 percent of the documents have been selected. The
items not selected consist of memoranda and routine letters concerning board
meetings, stockholders, notes, and bonds.
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NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CD.
ORANGE, N, J.
EDISON PHONOGRAPHS & RECORDS.
Edison Phonograph Works,
Orange, N. JT.
Gentlemen:
Eeh. 7, 1905 »
In order to give you Borne idea as to our future requirements
in the way of phonographs, wax, eto., we hereby place with JrOU the
following order for different type phonographs to be supplied us during
the year 1905:
.35,000 Gem Phonographs
60,000 Standard ■
35,000 Home "
2,500 "M", "E» or Concert Phonographs, the equipment
to be as may be hereafter ihdleated*
1,500,000 pounds of wax.
It is impossible for us to give you -an ^absolute sohedule of our
monthly requirements, but from time to time this will "be considered from
the selling side of the business, and the production -will be determined
by Messrs. Schermerhorn, Weber and the ■writer so as to meet our require¬
ments*
weg/iww
President,
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"a ORANGE, K J.
^fumuu.d&UAotv EDISON PHONOGRAPHS & RECORDS.
£/ APRIL 1, 1905.
Mr. John P. Randolph,
Edison Laboratory,
Orange, N. J. i!
Dear Randolph:
.In connection with the“’suit of the Interna¬
tional Company against the Worts, I wish to Knc>w what Mr. Edison
sold Edison Works bonds for when they were originally issued to him.
It is my recollection, that he Bold them considerably below the
par value, and in tha^ way lost considerable money in order to
further aid the Works.
. , Yours very truly,
NATIONAL JPJ30NP GRAPH CO.
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TO ALL CRITICS!
We desire to make a final decision on the horn question
on Tuesday morning next at 10:30, on the top floor of the Laboratory.
If convenient, please he present at theconference.
5/25/05,
J. R.. SCHBRMERHORR.
ppi-
July 24, 1905.
Mr. T. A. Edison:-
Erom March 1, 1904 to April 30, 1905, inclusive, we purchased
a total of 250.000 pounds copper scale, which is an average of about
17.850 pounds per month.
J. H. Schermerhorn.
JBS/feED
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HATTBpS THAT MAY: EOT OF UTfflRKST^TO^UR • OUESTS .
EQtfiPHJffiT OF pOWER-HOtfSEj- There are three *COimatf* boilere of a
total capacity of 1000 Hi,. P*.,. but as we «re running condensing,
1500 H. P. cap be . developed,. Another 600 H. P. boiler has been
ordered and trill be in operation by August let '06. The coal is
delivered over trestle work and is virtually dumgsed in front of
the boilor room doors.
The -total engine capacity of 16*0 H. P. is divided into
three unitss-
1 - 750 H. P. Vertical Cross Compound Allis-Chalmers engine
direct connected with 2 - 230 K. W. General Electric generators
The electrical energy developed from these units is equal to 8000
16 c. p. lamps, and 2 - 150 K. W. by-polar generators, driven by one .
5C0 H, P. Vertical Triple Compound French Engine. The total elec¬
trical current developed by those two generators equals 4800 - 16.
C. P. lamps. 1 - 100 K. W. General Electric generator direct con¬
nected to 160 H. P. Arming-ton- Sims engine, developing current for
1600 16 B. P. lamps.
These power units furnish electric current for all light
and power which' is consumed throughout the whole plant.
The arrangement of the Switch-board is such that the power
circuit for epch building la separate from the lighting current;
in othe^- wordp, if a fuse should blow out on' the power line, which
furnishes current for the motors,, the circuit feeding the lamps
would not be affected. *
There is room in the' engine room for another 750 H. P. en¬
gine, which np doubt will be. required for next year1 s business,
and which doubtless will be installed next Summer.
The Rpw Material Store-room and the Punch Press Departments
are located in the one story wooden building #UU Thp first. wax' ,
cylinders werp manufactured in this building. It is pur intention
to replace this structure with a’.' five story concrete pullding, as
soon as our building force can get at it. Thi3 company puts up all
it’s own buildings with its own force and equips them complete.
The npwone story concrete building adjoining Building #1
is to be equipped with grinding a d polishing maphinenr> Eaoh
machine will be connected to an exhaust system, which is operated
by a 5* H. Pi motor. The grinding machines proper will be driven
by another 50 H. P. motor The platform at- the farther end of the
building will hold wash basins, shower baths, and individual metal
Iccxf-rs for the storing of wearing apparel. '■
■ , The machinery in ; the Main Machine Shop is driven bV'%r»eca
separate motors , of appr.oifimatelyilVE icapacity. "‘'The 'feature of
special interest here are1 the sjidc ial des'ighed machine's Tor the
drilling of ..phonograph castings. ' We have now in' operation sixty
automatic screw machines and forty-two hand screw machines, and
have placed orders for fifty .additional automatic machines^ making
a total of 110 automatic Screw machines, and 42 hand screw machines.
. Mo doubt some of our guests will be interested in our -method of
cutting fine threads Of the feed screws for the "Home ".type machines:
also in our method of cutting gears, and finishing saphires. livery
pSrLof aH- Phonographs are made in this building, with die exception
of the polishing, Japaning and nickeling, which is done $n thedr
respentive departments. ^
All work Is done on a piece work basis, and at the con¬
clusion of a^y single operation the work is delivered to the store-
room, which is located in Building A-l adjoining the 'machine shop,
and the same parts are givoi out to other employees, i or su-oce-ading
operations. On the delivery of the finished operations to the store-
.oom each employ is credited with the amount of work^done. The
1001 :'°on is located on the 2nd floor of Building A-l and on the
same floor the kinetescope parts are manufactured.
ha,ve within the past three months placed orders with out-
£2«ccni8 lor automatic .aid other machine -y for approximately
wlOO.OOO, exclusive of special machinery and tools which are being
manuiactured in our own tool room, and also exclusiv^of the addi¬
tional equipment of the new 'Power House, amounting tffe$40. 000. 00.
+ll<5 ^ one story brick building #2 is at present-occupied by
the nickle plating and finishing departments. All jap&ned WOrk
5a rinfshin6 department for reaming end: tapping, and
^mh1s delivered to the assembling room. The_\front part of
^ ’Elding is used at tne present time for the stbVihg of the
over-llow of stock and raw material, and it is planned to ta.a* it
do-mi and replace it with a five story concrete building.
.... H?e tw0 story frame building #17. The lower floor of thism
thP uy the-Paol^ng and shipping departments and on
the upper floor the phonographs are assembled and tested.
•*, * attention of our guests should be directed to the manner
7? . t03j a;'-d inspect our phonographs. After coming from
th* assembling department they receive, what is called, the "Pirat
reyeftiks any defects in the machine which may cause poor
or trembling. After that every machine passes through
another inspection or test by old and experienced hands. Prom here
me machines go to the bench \shere they are assembled with their
SfkihPts. This is followed by another inspection covering the
adjustment of ’die mandrel, feed screw, etc. After this the
machines are blocked and made ready for the store-room. In the
1’irst floor the crank, chip brush etc. are wrapped
up .aid tied to ye machines, .aid the machines are ready for packing,
„,hl„ »=e+!!ailrSad r\ldlnG alonK side Of the shipping- department
enables .us to load macsiines and records from the platform to the
cars. This department has become wholly inadequate to handle our
““£??» aril*i^V°-?itory*co^crot? buildlne is to be added immediate-
o * * Jhis ^ddition will extend to lakeside Avenue, find will be an
addltinr?‘\v?i^eh°f •'uildfnE #18> which is about completed. These two
auditions wiljl be connected on the street so as to form a "U" .
hrv -lirSr floor of Building #18 gives additional room’to the
d£Part“fnt > ,ind tlle 2nd and 3rd floors will give addition-
malcinC department, and the 4th floor will be
-n^l be' the 5th floor> temporarily,
llp 1°r7?le Manufacture of numbering machines, and
tirst floor of the new addition to Building #17 will
P?Gkin? a”d shipping departments. The 2nd floor
ai’u^-he 3^d ftar10? hthe , assombli1'16 and testing of phonographs,
a,.u une 3.d floor will be given over to the cabinet trimming dapart-
^ storing of oabinats; the 4th and 5th floors will be taken
-p o rflaklj?f reproducers and recorders and the manufacture of
^ui ls, cylinders, etc*
-nr nnn 3?1® a ®&Padity of 1000 phonographs per da-' and
xOO.OOO records per day, and with the new machinery to be installed
£T'a ?av ^onn^nn finlshed wil1 be increased to 1500 phonographs
pc. day and 1.000.000 records per week..
hn J?h!n,P ? stSry bu,-ldlne nov coins up on Aldon Street
Iwuldins Department on the 5th floor; the- lower
floors will be used for finishing, inspecting and storing of records.
h, ,?£??? Dec?mba- 1st '05 we started and partially completed
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1905. Reiff, Josiah C. (D-05-31)
This folder contains correspondence from Josiah C. Reiff, a longtime
Edison associate who was involved in protracted litigation ( George Harrington,
Josiah C. Reiff, and Thomas A. Edison v. Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Co.
et al.) arising from Edison’s telegraph work during the 1870s. Included are
letters concerning Edison's involvement in the case and a copy of the
agreement of December 30, 1874, between Reiff and Jay Gould.
Approximately 40 percent of the documents have been selected. The
unselected items consist of scattered court records and letters discussing the
progress of the litigation but not involving Edison directly.
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20 Broad Street.
Telephone, 2159 Cohtlandt.
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1905. West Orange Laboratory (D-05-32)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
operation of the West Orange laboratory. Included are inquiries regarding
materials and instruments, some in Edison's hand, as well as a statement of
New Jersey taxes paid by the Ott Manufacturing Co. Also included is
correspondence pertaining to the coal smoke generated by the West Orange
complex, to compressed air experiments, and to Edison's interest in equipment
and in real estate adjacent to the laboratory.
Approximately 30 percent of the documents have been selected. Among
the items not selected are routine orders for chemicals, some in Edison's hand;
perfunctory acknowledgments of orders placed with General Electric Co. and
other companies; and samples of blank forms (e.g. letterhead, order forms,
invoices) and stationery used at the laboratory.
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JOHN ROYtE & SONS,
MACHINISTS.
STRAIGHT AND ESSEX STS., Mfaim, yf. Jt; . Jemw7J81, 1808* .
Titos. A. Edison,
Orange, V. J.
Dear Sirs-
T« should bs very glad to resume dissuasion of the Tullng Machine question
In re your oontsnplated Installment of a rubber manufacturing bran* in your plant ,
all as per your kind visit here on July 17th last year and subsequent correspondence
le believe this is a matter that will bear investigation and whioh might result vary
satisfactorily to all oonoemed. Vs shall be glad to hear from you at any time on
the subjeot, and trusting we have not trespassed upon your time too muoh, we bog to
remain, In sntiolpation,
Very truly yours.
HS Pt
February g, 190!?.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
The Edison Laboratory,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:
Acknowledging receipt of*, your favor of February 7th,
we would say that there will be rio charge for the material or
work supplied under your order yTjumber 3144, dated November 18, •
1904.
s very truly,
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Subject: Appraising of lot on Northerly side of lakeside Ave, nearly
STO&tdWfSa 4T?ewaW 2|o?eet by 200 feet as Bh0wn in blue print
NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CD.
Mr. 'R. E. Gilmore,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sir:
Attached find letter giving value of land, $20. 00 per front
foot or $1500. You will remember we were to offer the amount of this
appraisal to Mr. Edison for the property, and that he was to write
the Mutual life in reference to the offer.
The deed necessary to give the proper description to Nathan C.
Horton, has been turned over to him, and we expect the survey for the
new plot to be made by Mead & Taylor to-day.
Yours, respectfully.
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Mr. Gilmore:
The acknowledgements of both Mr. and Mrs. Edison have
been taken and the passing of title now awaits the release on
mortgage.
4/12/05.
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Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
Our Finance Comm.U1.ee has to-day app roved your application for the release
of vacant plot 75 X 202, from our loan, No. 20,4io on payment of $1400 on account of th.
principal.
You are referred to Frederick 0. Burnham, Esq., of Morristown, N. J. for pre¬
paration of papers.
Air Compressors,
Rock Drills, Coal Cutters,
Stone Channeling Machines,
COMPLETE MINING, TUNNELING AND QUARRYING PLANTS.
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April 10/05.
The New Jersey & Penna. Concentrating Works,
Mr. W.S. Mallory, Vice-Prest.,
Orange ,N.J.
Gentlemen: -
We hare to ac kn owl edge - 'th e receipt of your
favor of tiae 8th Inst., pertaining tp the 8" & 8" x 8"
Class "P" Compressor and 36" 'x B.'r/Receiver, which we
loaned you, and an you ask for a .'price on the outfit com¬
plete as it Btands, we are pleased to quote you as fol¬
lows: ^ _ /
estimate
One (1) Ingersoll -Sergeant (CLASS "P")second hand steam
driven Air Compressor of our latest improved design,
having water jacket all around the air cylinder and
through hoth heads, provided with automatic sight feed
lubricators for cylinders, all necessary oil cups,
wrenches and foundation holts, together with foundation
plans for erecting. This Compressor also to he fitted
with an AUTOMATIC SPEED GOVERNOR and huilt of the heat
material and workmanship throughout.
Steam Cylinder 8 inches dia. hy 8 Inches stroke
Air Cylinder 8 inches dia. hy 8 inches stroke.
Net price P.O.B.Our Works , Easton, Pa, - - - - - -$450,00
Pour hundred and fifty dollars.
This Compressor when operating at 150 R.P.M.
will have a Piston Displacement capacity of 69 cu.ft,
free air per minute and is designed for a final air
pres-sure of from 50 to 100 pounds per square inch. When
operating under these conditions there will he developed
from 9-1/2 to 14 I.H.P.
The N..T. ’& Penna. Con. Wks. #2 Apr.lO/05.
One (1) Vertical Steel Air Reoeiver 36 inches dia. hy 8 ft. high,
strongly made and tested up to 165 pounds water pressure, with manhead,
safety valve, pressure gauge, drain oodc and flanges for inlet and dis¬
charge pipes. Made of best 60,000 pounds t.B. steel, side seams double
riveted and heads dished.
Met price P.O.B. Easton, Pa, 75.60
Seventy-fiT/e and 60/100 dollars.
Xr view of the fact that this Compressor has been and is being
used on experimental work in whidto. Mr. Saunders is interested we have
made a special low price.
We hope our proposition will meet your views thus permitting
you to favoK us with your order. If any further information is desired
please do not hesitate to write us.
Yours very truly,
THE INGERmj^fiEANT DRILL CO.
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Tiy residents in the vicinity of your factory, that the use of soft
coal hy your company is detrimental to their health and comfort.
Therefore the Civics Club respectfully requests you to take
the necessary steps to abate this nuisance.
Copies of this letter are being sent to; the Board of Health
and to the Common Council.
Very sincerely yours,
Secy.
PURPOSES OF THE CIVICS CLUB
To aid its members in becoming intelligently interested
in municipal and civic affairs.
fll To create public sentiment and sustain it for the attain¬
ment of purposes useful to the community it represents.
9 To separate state and national politics from municipal
affairs.
<J To endeavor to find the best means of accomplishing
the purposes of the people by .the machinery at hand.
[ATTACHMENT!
. SUBJECT: Smoke nuisance.
Messrs. Weber and J. R. S. :
Hote attached letter addressed toMr. Edison
by the Civics Club of the. Oranges. X understand that when we commence
to use hard and soft coal combined this smoke nuisance will he lessened.
As suggested to Mr. Weber a day or two since, it will be advisable to
look up and see if a satisfactory smoke consumer can be purchased.
There are a number of them in use, and where laws have been made like
in Hew York and Chicago they have doubtless proven successful. I have
written Mr. Insull and asked whether he is using anything of the kind
at his power stations and if so with what results.
5/15/05.
Enc-E
W.E.G.
[ATTACHMENT]
SUBJECT: ' Smoke Nuisance.
Mr. W. E. Gilmore
May 26, 1905.
Within the last few days we have received some Pea
Coal and Mr. Moran assures me that it will keep coming right along so
that we can continue burning three pacts pea and one part soft coal
which will reduce the smoke nuisance .to a minimum.
P. Weber
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MISCELLANEOUS CORPORATIONS
Ott Manufacturing Co.,
Jonas W. Aylsworth,
W. Orange, H. J.
STATE OF NEW JERSEY,
Office of the Comptroller of the Treasury,
/ Trenton, June 5th, 1905.
Ten dollars, ($10).
KINDLY ENCLOSE ADDRESSED ENVELOPE
RETURN OF RECEIPT.
TKe Edison Portland Cement Q>.
Telegraph and Passenger Station, NEW VILLAGE, N. J.
Ha-heaters:
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Hear Mr. Edison:- ^ .
While in New York yesterday morning, I saw Mr. Saunders
of the Ingerso 11-Sergeant Drill Company and he states that they have spent
several thousand dollars on the re -heater experiment thus far without
success. ,> 'fliL/NMA, w VW
As to the cgnjressor outfit, he Bhowed me costs^; 1 got him to
reduce the price 10^ from the figures noted in letter of April 10th, which
I herewith enclose. Mr. Saunders Bays you may either return the outfit
and have it credited at full price, or, send oheck for $472.50 as you
prefer.
He also says that he sincerely hopes you will he able to take
up the re -heater problem again in the near future, as the need for a
successful re-heater is greater today than ever before.
If you decide to keep the compressor, please have Mr.
Randolph write the Ingersoll-Sergeant Dr^fl^Co. , to render bill as above.
Air Compressors,
Rock Drills, Coal Cutters,
Stone Channeling Machines.
COMPLETE MININS. TUNNELING AND QUARRYING PLANTS.
HAESELER-INGERSOLL "AXIAL VALVE" HAMMERS and PNEUMATIC TOOLS
Vo»«°°»o?Rtoii London- st.
ser.BUTTE.MONT.
tasts.ST.PAUL.MINN
South, SEATTLE. WASH.
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New York,
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.... August 50, 1905..
Kr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange ,
M. J.
Dear Sir:-
Re.ferring to your esteemed favor of .Tu_y
the 25th, enclosing check for §472.50, being payment of Air
Compressor Outfit i
ear arrangement between your 7Cr. Mallory
and our Mr. Saunders, enclosed please find i
for same.
Thanking you for the check, e
the compressor may he of good service to yoi
eipted invoice
nd trusting that
., vve remain,
J
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Yours very truly,
TJB-: INOERSOLL- SERGEANT DRILL CO.
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December 22, 1905.
Laboratory of Thomas A. Edison,
Orange ,
Hew Jersey.
Gentlemen :-
Your communication addressed to FleisoJimann & Company,
Hunters Point has reached us here at PeekBkili,.
We never owned any Merz Extraction apparatus, hut we think that
they are used at Preston's Fertilizer Works, BliBsville, Long Island,
and this would he the host place to find out where they can he had.
Yours very truly,
Diet.
J. B.
FLEISCHMA3W KAHUFACTURIITG COMPANY,
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DOCUMENT FILE SERIES
1906
1906. Automobile (D-06-01)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the design and
operation of automobiles and the use of storage batteries in electric vehicles. Included are letters
to and from Levi C. Weir of the Adams Express Co., Alexander Churchward of the General Electric
Co., William G. Bee of the Edison Storage Battery Co., and Miller Reese Hutchison of the Universal
Motor Car Co.
1906. Battery - Primary (D-06-02)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the primary batteries
produced by the Edison Manufacturing Co. Most of the items are letters received by William E.
Gilmore, vice president and general manager, concerning the manufacture and sale of the batteries
and the activities of competitors. Many of the documents pertain to the supply and sale of batteries
in the western United States.
1906. Battery - Storage - General (D-06-03)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the commercial and
technical development of Edison's alkaline storage battery. Included are letters concerning the
progress of Edison's battery work, the materials to be used, and the performance of cells.
1906. Battery - Storage - Foreign - General (D-06-04)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the patenting,
manufacture, and sale of Edison storage batteries in countries other than the United States, Canada,
and Germany. Most of the correspondence concerns negotiations with Morgan, Harjes & Co. in Paris
and with parties in Britain in regard to the manufacture and commercial exploitation of the battery.
Also included are letters between William E. Gilmore and John R. Schermerhorn of the Edison
Manufacturing Co., Ltd., regarding arrangements for the sale of batteries. Other correspondents
include Herman E. Dick and H. F. Parshall.
1906. Battery - Storage - Foreign - Bergmann, Sigmund (D-06-05)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the patenting,
manufacture, and sale of Edison storage batteries in Germany. Most of the items are letters
exchanged by Edison and Sigmund Bergmann, director of the Deutsche Edison-Accumulatoren-Co.
Included are letters pertaining to the price of supplies, the cost of manufacture, and the delay caused
by Edison's continued development of the battery.
1906. Edison, T.A. - General (D-06-06)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to a variety of subjects.
Included are documents that deal with more than one subject or that do not fall under the main
subject categories in the Document File. Among the items for 1906 are letters concerning Edison's
deafness, dietary habits, and home; a letter from Edward H. Johnson; and a bill from William J.
Hammer. Also included are two letters inquiring about Edison's plans to construct concrete dwellings
and a statement by William E. Gilmore regarding Edison company payrolls for 1895-1906.
1906. Edison, T.A. - Book and Journal Orders
(D-06-07) [not selected]
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the ordering of books
and journals. Included are letters pertaining to Edison’s donation of twelve copies of John C.
Trautwine's Civil Engineer's Pocket-Book to the Technical Society of the Pacific Coast, which lost
its supplies in the San Francisco earthquake and fire. Orders for geological survey maps can be
found in D-06-21 (Mining - Cobalt Search - General).
1906. Edison, T.A. - Clubs and Societies (D-06-08) [not selected]
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to Edison’s membership
and activities in social clubs and professional societies. Among the items for 1906 are documents
pertaining to the Telegraph Club, the Association of Edison Illuminating Companies, and various
automobile clubs, historical societies, and philanthropic organizations. Some of the items contain
perfunctory Edison marginalia.
1906. Edison, T.A. - Employment (D-06-09)
This folder contains correspondence from or about employees and prospective employees.
There are also letters soliciting Edison’s opinion regarding former employees seeking positions
elsewhere. Most of the correspondence consists of requests for employment at the West Orange
laboratory, some in answer to newspaper advertisements. Among the items for 1906 are drafts of
help-wanted advertisements; a statement of services for October 1906 by attorney Delos Holden;
and an undated "Constitution of the Muckers of Edison Laboratory" describing the composition of
a self-styled association of Edison laboratory employees. A statement of company payrolls for the
years 1895-1906 can be found in D-06-06 (Edison, T.A. - General).
1906. Edison, T.A. - Family (D-06-10)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents by and about Edison's family.
Included are letters pertaining to the financial difficulties of Thomas A. Edison, Jr., and William Leslie
Edison. There are also items concerning Edison's relatives in Ohio and elsewhere, and letters
relating to the payment of Mina Miller Edison's taxes.
1906. Edison, T.A. - Financial (D-06-11) [not selected]
This folder contains routine correspondence and other documents relating to Edison's
personal investments and other financial interests. The items for 1906 consist primarily of transaction
receipts from J. P. Morgan & Co. of New York.
1906. Edison, T.A. - Name Use (D-06-12) [not selected]
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the use of Edison's
name, whether authorized or unauthorized, for advertising, trademark, or other purposes. The items
for 1 906 pertain to an "Edison Piano" and to a town named "Edison" in Alberta, Canada. A letter from
a Methodist minister in Alberta bears a notation by Edison directing his staff to "send a Standard
phonograph & 100 Records with large Horn to the Minister for use in the social gatherings of his
church." Related documents can be found in the Legal Department Records. Items concerning the
use of the name "Thomas A. Edison, Jr." can be found in D-06-10 (Edison, T.A. - Family).
1906. Edison, T.A. - Unsolicited Correspondence -
Advice (D-06-13) [not selected]
This folder contains routine correspondence suggesting improvements in Edison's inventions,
asking him for advice on technical matters, or requesting his assistance in improving or promoting
inventions. Also included are unsolicited letters from inventors about their work. No record of a
significant response by Edison has been found for any of these items.
1906. Edison, T.A. - Unsolicited Correspondence -
Business (D-06-14) [not selected]
This folder contains routine correspondence from individuals requesting agencies for
Edison's inventions or seeking to do business with him.
1906. Edison, T.A. - Unsolicited Correspondence -
Foreign Language (0-06-15) [not selected]
This folder contains untranslated letters to Edison. Foreign-language documents
accompanied by translations or English-language summaries can be found in other "Edison, T.A. -
Unsolicited Correspondence" folders and in the appropriate subject folders.
1906. Edison, T.A. - Unsolicited Correspondence -
Personal (D-06-16) [not selected]
This folder contains routine personal requests, fan mail, and other items for which no record
of a significant response by Edison has been found. Included are letters asking Edison for
educational advice, information on deafness, personal information, charitable contributions, loans,
and other favors.
1906. Edison Manufacturing Company (D-06-17)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the business of the
Edison Manufacturing Co. Among the items for 1906 are a summary of assets and liabilities as of
March 1906, along with routine account statements, memoranda regarding prices, and
correspondence concerning phonoplex circuits. Only the summary of assets and liabilities has been
selected. Other items in the Document File relating to the Edison Manufacturing Co. can be found
in D-06-02 (Battery - Primary) and in D-06-24 (Motion Pictures).
1906. Exhibitions (D-06-18) [not selected]
This folder contains correspondence and other documents concerning electrical and
industrial exhibitions. Among the items for 1906 are a request from Sigmund Bergmann for a new
E-type storage battery for display at the Berlin Exhibition of 1906 and unsolicited information from
the Jamestown Exposition Co. and the Negro Development and Exposition Co., both planning an
exposition to be held in Virginia in 1907.
1906. Fort Myers (D-06-19.1)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the maintenance of
Edison's home and property at Fort Myers, Florida. Many of the letters are by Edison's caretaker,
Ewald Stulpner. Included are contracts and correspondence regarding real estate, water pipes, and
dock construction.
1906. Glenmont (D-06-19.2) [not selected]
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the furnishing and
maintenance of Glenmont, Edison's home in Llewellyn Park. The items for 1906 consist of letters
and specifications by Pierson U-Bar Co. of New York regarding the construction of a greenhouse at
Glenmont.
1906. Mining - General (D-06-20)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to mining and ore milling.
Most of the items for 1906 consist of unsolicited letters enclosing ore samples or inquiring about
Edison's interest in mines and ores. The selected items contain Edison marginalia, usually noting
the merits or demerits of samples sent or offered.
1906. Mining - Cobalt Search - General (D-06-21)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to Edison's search for an
inexpensive supply of cobalt ore for possible use in his alkaline storage battery. Included is
correspondence with the North American Lead Co., the Standard Consolidated Mines Co., and other
possible suppliers of cobalt ores from Oregon, North Carolina, Canada, and New Caledonia. A
number of items, including a long memorandum in Edison's hand and an undated itinerary prepared
by an archivist, pertain to Edison's prospecting trip to North Carolina in May and June. Related
material can be found in the records of the Mining Exploration Company of New Jersey in the
Company Records Series.
1906. Mining - Cobalt Search - Field Workers (D-06-22)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to Edison's search for an
inexpensive supply of cobalt ore for possible use in the alkaline storage battery. Included are letters
and shipping receipts received from field workers R. D. Casterline, John Morris, and others, whom
Edison sent to Tennessee, North Carolina, and elsewhere.
1906. Mining - Cobalt Search - Samples (D-06-23)
This folder contains letters received from individuals across the United States in response
to a general inquiry by Edison regarding his search for cobalt ore. Some of the letters enclose ore
samples.
1906. Motion Pictures (D-06-24)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the production and
commercial development of motion picture films, cameras, and projectors. Included are items
pertaining to film prices, film distribution, color photography, and the activities of competitors. Among
the documents for 1 906 are letters concerning the construction of Edison's motion picture studio in
the Bronx and the marketing of motion pictures in Germany. The correspondents include William E.
Gilmore, vice president and general manager of the Edison Manufacturing Co.; Alex T. Moore,
manager of the Kinetograph Department; F. K. Dolbeer, manager of the Credit Department; Leonard
C. McChesney, manager of the Advertising Department; and William Pelzer, counsel in the Legal
Department. There are also numerous letters by John R. Schermerhorn, chairman of directors of the
London-based Edison Manufacturing Co., Ltd., and Thomas Graf, managing director of Edison
Gesellschaft in Berlin.
1906. New Jersey Patent Company (D-06-25)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the New Jersey Patent
Co., a patent holding company for the National Phonograph Co. and other Edison concerns. Among
the items for 1906 are letters from Edison and Jonas W. Aylsworth regarding the rights of the New
Jersey Patent Co. to their patents. Some of the items pertain to company holdings in the Battery
Supplies Co. Most of the letters are addressed to William E. Gilmore, president of the New Jersey
Patent Co.
1906. Phonograph - Edison Phonograph Works
(D-06-26)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the business of the
Edison Phonograph Works. Among the items for 1906 are a series of detective reports addressed
to William E. Gilmore, president of the National Phonograph Co. and manager of the Edison
Phonograph Works, regarding the sale of scrap from the Works; a statement of assets and liabilities;
and a memorandum concerning weekly production. Also included is a letter from Frank L. Dyer,
general counsel of the Legal Department, pertaining to affidavits sworn by Edison as part of the
ongoing litigation with the New York Phonograph Co.
1906. Phonograph - Edison United Phonograph Company
(D-06-27)
This folder contains correspondence relating to the Edison United Phonograph Co., which
was organized during the 1890s to exploit the phonograph in Europe. Most of the letters are by
Stephen F. Moriarty, former vice president of the company. They concern the financial difficulties
of the company and its relations with Edison.
1906. Reiff, Josiah C. (D-06-28)
This folder contains correspondence by Josiah C. Reiff, a longtime Edison associate who
was involved in protracted litigation (George Harrington, Josiah C. Reiff, and Thomas A. Edison v.
Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Co. et al.) arising from Edison's telegraph work during the 1870s.
Some of the letters concern Edison's involvement in the case. Also included is correspondence by
John R. Schermerhorn and William E. Gilmore regarding the decision of Judge John R. Hazel in
January 1906.
1906. West Orange Laboratory (D-06-29)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the operation of the
West Orange laboratory. Included are inquiries regarding materials and instruments, some in
Edison's hand; correspondence pertaining to orders and insurance; and a letter from William S.
Andrews of the General Electric Co. regarding an aluminum rectifier.
1906. Automobile (D-06-01)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
design and operation of automobiles and the use of storage batteries in electric
vehicles. Included are letters to and from Levi C. Weir of the Adams Express
Co., Alexander Churchward of the General Electric Co., William G. Bee of the
Edison Storage Battery Co., and Miller Reese Hutchison of the Universal Motor
Car Co.
Approximately 50 percent of the documents have been selected. The
documents not selected consist primarily of correspondence, invoices, and
other items regarding battery orders, automobile parts, and automobile
insurance.
Mr. 1, A. Edison,
Orange, IT. J.
Dear Sir:-
Herewith .1 beg to hand you print of drawing
Ho. 1-68 Bhowing design of a sprocket with a cushion
devioe between the pinion and the shaft.
Owing to the faot that oil has suoh a ser¬
ious and injurious effeot on rubber, I would suggest
that a raw hide or leather be used. It is also possible
that the elasticity of vulcanized fibre might be relied
upon.
Youxb respectfully,
GATVJr-EJM.
fifty -batteries, size E-18, of 62 cells each. Y/e will
pay for these batteries as fast as completed, and are
ready to execute what papers you need in accordance with
this order.
Vfe need more batteries than those ordered,
but we understand this to be the capacity of your plant
for delivery say by May 1st.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, N. J.
SCHENECTADY, N.
The Eanlinental Canulchnuc & Gutta Parcha Company.
MONUMENTAL
April -14, 1906i, V,i'
rfU^ja eri&v"
Thomas A. Edison Company, s- o*-** ^v~£v~fcr g |»»
RE OUR TAG
In examining the 34 x 4 casing returned toj us on'lhe'^ ,
11th inst. we find that same is damaged above’ the beads am the . _
beads are somewhat damaged by the tire ironf^. hf4*r
fact that you have had but moderate ,<JESr TrkS toi^ctr^ing,
we will ship you a new 34 x 4 casing at $35,00. ^
7e trust you will appreciate this form of adjustment and :
iting your acceptance of £
same by return mail,' we remain'
Yours very truly.
THE CONTINENT AL^C*A0JJP>CH0UC CO.^
e prompt attention Address A
Company,
Cr © tpdMSKITdrATEB JPAPKR AND13&PEK gntECIAUIlES.
PRINCIPAL OFFICE & WORKS.
PRINCE & CONCORD STREETS.
J "COHTEXA, BROOKLYN.*
Thos. A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange , rev; jersey:
Bear sir:
I am much obliged, for ;
give, prices of the Newark truck i
In talking the matter
BRO OKLYN, N.Y _ Act 1 at-i QQfi
■our letter of 28th ult. in which yoi
quipped with the Edison batteries,
•ver with our people, the following
questions arise, and I t
don't object:
i requested to get your answers to the
1st - Weight of batteries — Truck #1 — One tonjl _
2nd - 11 « " « n #2 — Tv;* ton”-j/E>o
3rd - Length of time required to chargdjVo— A* S'! v ; ■
4th - Life of battery wi th ordinary care f"1
oth - Kiles good for on one charge * uJih w...(U ]-
6th - V/hat voltage and amperes of charging i
We have 220, volts D. C. Would it be i
icial generators for lower voltage?
An early reply will oblige,
Yours very truly,
!lnB Coo*, dyf-tf b.*-. CaCsCTJ
lessar^^g^i^'Ji
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October 1, 1906.
iur. Thos* A. Edison,
W. Orange, K. J.
Do nr Sir
Herewith, enclosed please find Aug^- 31st bill on which
two Rear Soring Hangers for vstm' springs were charged
twice. This charge was make /twice because we telonhoned
from this office to Lew York/to send them to you at"
Pomp ton Lake expecting that/Kew York would charge the
parts to us. They did ndt charge them to us, however,
but charged them to you .direct, hence oi r charge was a
mistake. The credit Cor 37.00 has been make out and
passed forward, to our/Kew York Office.
Very truly jrours,
WHXTH 3TV/IKG iV.ACHIKS 00.,
BFA/J
NOTE— Addrcsi All communications to WHITE SEWING MACHINE CO., Automobile Department, not to any officer or Individual,
yj~ ti
Orange, New Jersey
Just as soon as you have your n<
tery ready to put upon the market please have <
them sent forward without delay so that we can
into immediate service.
- A I do not like grass -widower ship and am glad that my period
of such is almost over. 1 wish you would please
' send me one of your best photographs with a notation
\ upon the face of it to me, with your personal compli¬
ments and over you r own autograph, as I would like to
have it framed in a suitable manner and hung up in our
private office here, so that we may have before us
honstantly your pleasant comradeship. 1 have been
wanting this photograph for several yearB but every
time 1 would see you I would get so interested in what
you were saying that 1 would forget all about it until
after 1 got back home again. I aBBure you this will
always be a pleasant and a very much appreciated
token to ub, and 1 hope you have such a photograph
that you can fix up and send forward to me in accor¬
dance with above.
With cordial greetings, believe me,
Very truly yours, ^ - ’
We have been publishing to our agents and to those
interested everywhere in electric cars, that the
world has been waiting for you to perfect a storage
battery, and that we like others are waiting patient¬
ly. We believe so absolutely in you and we know
that if life and energy is spared to you that it
won't be long before we reach this great necessity. \
C.A.C. ’
Universal Motor Car Company ^
MANUFACTURERS OF ,J<r j\ '
COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES A jT ««»
_ _ _ ^ y
Number One Madison Avenue
NEW YORK
krC' <c
re gone over t\je lansden cleoign very care- /
I have gone over tjje lansden design very cai
fully, and while it is in the main quite good, there are several
features about it that my experience in this line has taught me
will not make it, as a whole, a lasting proposition. It will hol<
up for two or three years no douht under steady service, but for
think it will stand.
It will be my des:
.r, and I have already started my designs/ concentrating (
I will be greatly obliged if you will advise i
as possible as to the weight and cubic contents of a battery of
sufficient size to operate a one and two ton truck, so that I may
make arrangements accordingly. Kindly give me an idea as to the
approximate mileage of such a car, it being assumed that straight
practice will be adhered to as to the running gear. I refer to
mileage for infrequent stop3.If it would be possible for you to .
procure for me data as to the operating expense of the trucks in
Washington, including all fixed charges, depreciation, etc., I will
#2 Mr. Thomas A. Edison.
he further obliged.
There will he little difficulty in financing a Company
of sufficient size to start out conservatively. I have a number
of friends who are willing to take it up at once, hut I want to
assure myself of the practical operation of the trucks by building
two of them, equipping with your present battery, or your Cobalt
battery, if you would let me have two sets, and subjecting them to a
number of practical tests. It would then be mi' idea to rent your
present storage battery plant in Glen Ridge, which I understand from
Mr. Bochman will be vacated about the first of the year.
You mentioned a certain grade of hammered iron for use
in construction of these trucks. Would you please advise me as
to the concern from whom this can be procured and the trade name of
the material?
Thanking you for your interest and many kindnesses, I
remain,
jiclent.
A UTt> MO&IUs--
MILLER REESE. HUTCHISON
Hr, fhoraao A. Edison,
i -grange, tf. 2.
My dear Mr, Edison:--
Anticipating your interes.t.-ih the Automobile Show. .1 <
Bonding you a tlokot which 1 trsut you will use. ^
Do' not forgot to oall oi
second ; floor ,„8outh Woot corner.
you will find us on: the
1 have for U:e past year been looking over the Various
foreign oars with a view of concentrating on one which I Could "oon-
aoientiously aavooute the purchase of among those of ay friends
?*o are constantly asking me forsuoh.advicd.
. . a thorough investigation o’^ the natter 1 dooidfed
in favor of. the Zust Gar, which you will yourself seo the . owner iorita
of as soon as you go through it. I thereupon beoame financially
interested in R. Bertelli & Oompany, importers of the gust .Car, *
Yours truly, *T •?£!.
■ A - • UNIVERSAL MOJOR OAR OOMPAlTY A
President. ,
Edison Storage Battery Co.
bone, ,o76 Montclair CSLEN RIDGE, NEW
Hr. W. E. Gilmore, General Manager,
Orange, N. J.
17,1906.
Dear Sir:-
Enclosed please find list showing batteries in commercial
vehicles. I think you understand that our books do not give this
information, as in most instances tho batteries were sold to
manufacturers. The list is made up from memory, and while it may
be off a few cells, the number of batteries is correct.
The Adams Express Co. batteries under the head of New York
include vehicles in Brooklyn. The United States Express Co. changed
their vehioloa from Jersey City to Washington.
As soon as I return from Washington, I will make up a
list of pleasure vehicles which have our batteries.
Very truly yourf,
1906. Battery - Primary (D-06-02)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
primary batteries produced by the Edison Manufacturing Co. Most of the items
are letters received by William E. Gilmore, vice president and general
manager, concerning the manufacture and sale of the batteries and the
activities of competitors. Many of the documents pertain to the supply and sale
of batteries in the western United States.
Approximately 70 percent of the documents have been selected. The
items not selected include canceled Battery Supplies Co. stock,
correspondence arranging business meetings, letters of transmittal, and
documents that duplicate information in selected material.
Battery Supplies company
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IFF AND AVON AVENUES.
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fPWE. I
Mr. W. E. Gilmore, Vice PreB. & Gen’l Mgr.,
O/o Edison Manufacturing Co.,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Siri
Heferring further to the attabhed letter froa Mr. Scribner, I
was unable to see Mr. Bockafellow on Friday, as he was out of town,
consequently I do not believe I. will be able to see him before I leave
for Detroit, which will be either tonight or tomorrow morning.
I enclose herewith a memorandum showing the weight of the
orders received from the California Electrical WorkB since October
1st, 1905. There is no question but that the carload cf material
should have been dipped on the first of November but owing to the
fact that,, as stated previously to you, we were unable to secure zinc
dusti it was impossible to make more prompt delivery*
fiEderB..Re.ce lyed from the Calif. Eled
Date Received
ifi.trlcal Wrks. since Oct. 1. 1905.
Weight of Orders
31,807 lbs.
16.815 "
Oct. 28th
Weight of orders on hand Nov. 1st
34, 528
W. E- Gilmore, \
Weight of orders on hand Nov. 1st
Date Received
Nov. 6th
(Brought Forward)
Pate. Shipped
Nov. 16th Sc 17th
Date Beoelveri Weight of Orders
Nov4 20th
Date Shinned
Deo. 11th
34,528 lbs
1,472 »
36,000 "
15,975 "
20,025 »
23,000 »
43,025 »
45,025 «
34,518 lbs. shipped In car. The balance Jars and covers
were shipped direct from potteries.
Hoping this information is what you desire, I remain,
EDISON MANUFACTURING CO.
EDISON PRIMARY BATTERIES AND FAN MOTOR OUTFITS
EDISON PROJECTING KINETOSCOPES AND FILMS.
/ ^ Feb ruary 1st, 1906
As requested, I wrote to nine of our dealers to ascertain the
number of dry cells sold within the last year. I give below a synopsis
of the replies we received:
i Co., Chicago, Ill., sold about 200,000 dry
Wesco Supply Co., St. Louis, Mo., sold abot
in 1905, and report that sales are increasing.
; 500,000 dry cells
Stuart-Howland Co., Boston, Mass., say they oannot give us the
exact figures on the number of dry cells they purchased last year,
as they bought from a number of different manufacturers. Their prin¬
cipal purchases, however, have been of Columbia Cell #6. This one
cell would be more than half, and possibly would amount to three-
quarters of their entire purchases in dry cells, and in the last
year they have used, roughly, 200,00.0 dry cells. Their opinion is
that it would run somewhat more than this.
J. H. Bunnell & Co., Hew York, sales in dry cells during the
year 1905 approximately 250,000.
Central Electric Co., Chicago, Ill., write: "We beg to say
we should prefer not to give an opinion regarding our sales of dry
battery. It is perfectly safe, however, for you to assume that the
dry battery sales of the country are considerably upv/ards of a
million. cells per year."
— > EDISON MANUFACTURING CO.
f"ADEpj-. MAIN OFFICE AND FACTORY
ORANGE, N.J.
EO ISDN PRIMARY BATTERIES AND FAN MDTDR OUTFITS
EDISON PROJECTING KINETD SCOPES AND FILMS.
T. A. E.-- #2, 2-1-06
The above makes a total of 1,410,000 cells, leaving out the
Central Electric Co. of Chicago, who probably sell more than any one of
the houses named above. You vdll note the 1,410,000 cells represent the
sales of only seven dealers.
Xf you desire any further information, and will advise me, I
will use my best efforts to secure it for you.
Yours very truly,
WSLtHJP Manager of^Sales.
Western iSlertrix (Jfamjrarqj
dhicago
MR. W. E. GILMORE,
Edison Manufacturing Company
Orange, New Jersey
My dear Mr. Gilmore: —
Our organization here is pretty badly stirred up over
the prospects of a loss of battery business to the Waterbury
oonoern. I understand that the Illinois Central recently
placed a large order with them and the International Harvester
Company, tell me that our competition with them is now the
Waterbury cell and not the Gordon which had recently troubled us
Prom the amount of talk I hear on the subject,,! judge unless
something is done we are in a fair way to lose a large share of
our business.
f'TTiTcH ! VEO|!
I FEB 9 1906
I am satisfied that this is not a passing flurry, but
that something must be done quickly to protect the Lalande bat¬
tery. You have been through campaigns of this kind and can
undoubtedly map out a plan without any suggestions from me, but
I consider the matter of sufficient importance
most serious consideration. * ’ - -
Yours truly,
Supply Sales Manager);
EDISON PHONOGRAPH WORKS
Eeb. 15, 1906.
E. w. Soribner, Esq., Supply Sales Manager,
Western Electric Co.,
Chioago, 111.
My dear Mr. Scribner t
X duly received your favor of the 6th inst.,
regarding the Watorhury Battery Co. getting in on the Illinois
Central and endeavoring to get in with other concerns in the West.
This situation had been most oarefully gone into when Mr.
Dodge was in the West, and before answering you I wanted to have a
conference with Messrs. Dodge and Rookafellow, as X find that they
are very familiar with the situation and are in very close touoh
with it. Realizing that you will doubtless be leaving for the West
very soon, X presume that taking it up with Mr. Rookafellow will be
all that is necessary, and there is no doubt that we will eventually
be able to frame up something that will keep the business under our
own oontrol.
Your b very truly,
weg/iww
Vice-Pres. & Gen. Mgr.
[ENCLOSURE]
R.SCHERMERHORN,
, EDISON MANUFACTURING CD.
/rtf' T"ADV • MAIN OFFICE AND FACTORY
WmonuiA' Cl Cdl^OTU ORANGE, N.J.
EDISON PRIMARY BATTERIES AND FAN MOTOR OUTFITS
EDISON PROJECTING KINETDSCOPES AND FILMS.
Dear Sir:-
X enclose you a price li-t of the "1900" Dry Battery. The
"1900" is one of the three good hat Series on the market, which I think
is made hy the Nungesser Battery Co. I am of the opinion that i.ir. Edison
would like to see this.
I have written Mr. Low, President of the Electric Appliance Co
asking him to please send me a couple oi' these price lists, and as soon
as they are received I will send one to hr. Edison, as he would probably
like to put. this list away among his dry battery papers.
Yours very truly,
WSL:HJP
PRICE. LIST
2 2x6 '“1900” Dry Batteries
Electric Appliance Company T.*i«,|*hon« M.im.i..ct..rcrs Chicago
My@KI 7. ©WF.Pro!
MR. Y/.E. GILMORE,
c/o Edison Manufacturing Company,
Orange. Hot/ Jersey.
My dear Mr. Gilmore:
The Western Gas Engine Company of this City, who have
been purchasing 0-20 cells from us in the past, state that they
have recently been giving you this businoss direct at a much better
price than schedule but decline to let us Know what ..this .price is.
1 wish you would looK this up and let me know if you have
sold them any type "Q" Cells lately, and. if
Yours truly,
THE CAL.
ixwwhaisfcbasis .
Mr. Gilmore
No card
Los Angelas.
We have a rec
Los Angeles o
Chicago, .100
on June 23rd,
[ATTACHMENT]
on our file for the Western Gas Engine Co. of
No record of ever having quoted them direct,
ord of having shipped the Western Gas Engine Co. of
n orders received from Illinois Electric Co.,
"Q" cells on March 7th, 1905, and 200 "Q,"- cells
W. S. Logue
EDISON PHONOGRAPH WORKS
California Eleotrio Co. ,
E. W. Scribner, Esq. ,
March 19, 1906.
334 S. Main St., los Angeles, Cal.
My dear Mr. Soribner:
1 must apologize for my oversight in not acknowl¬
edging your letter of February 21st, having reference to the pur¬
chase of our goods by the Western Gas Engine Co. of your city.
Our records indioate that we have never had any dealings with
these people direct. I understand, however, that they did place an
order for some of our goods with the Illinois Electric Co. of
Chicago, Ill., early in 1905,an*^|^fe»bfollows:
200 "ft "
200 "ft"
How in the world they could purohase these goods through the
Illinois Blectrio Co. at better quotations than they could get
from you is beyond me. The Illinois Co. get 40^ from us, so that
they must have some other good reason for taking up our product
than the quotation. We have never sold them one dollar's worth of
goods dlreot; in faot, we have never quoted them direot. It is now
up to you to decide what you want to do.
„ „ * ^ °?urs« you will kindly keep this inf ormatf
as I would not oare to have it kno£n how it glitou
Yours very truly,
confidential ,
weg/iww
Vi oe -Pres. & Gen. Mgr
EDISON MANUFACTURING CD.
MAIN OFFICE AND FACTORY
S ORANGE, N.J.
EDISON PRIMARY BATTERIES AND FAN MDTDR OUTFITS
EDISON PROJECTING KINETDSEDPES AND FILMS.
I have ;}ust seen a telegram sent to Mr. Patrick by
the Edison Manufacturing Co., asking for information regarding
the Fairbanks-Morse Co. matter and the Rock Island. I have
kept Mr. Patrick vigorously after the Rock Island affair ever
since Mr. Logue’s sickness, and up to the present writing, we
can learn nothing at all satisfactory. Mr. Ellis of the Rock
Island road, advises that the deal has been closed, but he can¬
not tell us who has the contract. Mr. Brown of the Central Elec
trie Company advised us today that he understood that the con¬
tract had been awarded to us, and Mr. Allen, one of the other of¬
ficials of the Rock Island road .-advised our Mr. Patrick we were
out of it, as our bid was entirely too high.
Mr. Dodge of the Battery Supplies Co. called up the
office just before leaving for home and raised some objection to
Mr. Brown of the Central Electric Cov, “butting" into the game,
and quoting them 40-5 off i No direct proposal lias been received
at this office from the Rock Island Officials.
May 4, 1906.
Mr. IV. IS. Gilmore - #2 -
As to the Fairbanks-Morse proposition we have not as
yet received copy of any of the correspondence and are practi¬
cally in the dark regarding the matter. Mr. Patrick is keeping
in close touch with the situation and is now at the offices of
the Fairbanks-Morse Co. , and I hope will be able to report some
progress this afternoon.
Yours very truly,
Western Manager.
May 4th. , '06.
sPiyna/tzflnifhccic*!
Mr. \1. s. LOGUE, Manager of Sales,
Edison Manufacturing Co. ,
New York, U. Y. ^ f
My Dear Mr. Dogue; ( '
Have at last succeeded in giving the u/s a#d S.
to understand that I woul d have nothing hut Edison "SS".t they having
written me two or three times, since I saw you in Chicago, trying to l
induo e me to make the change because they had allready bought the othet
battery. Your battery is now on the ground.
I hand you, herewith, a list of (10) records which I would
like to have if it is consistent for you to send them to me.
Signal Inspector.
George s. 1’flastorer, Hsq. ,
C/o JX. C. & f?t. J„ Hy. ,
May 10, 1906.
Ky dear F.ir:
Your letter of May 4th, to Vr. T.ogue, advising as to the
placing of order for Edison "3S" type batteries In connection with the new
installations which you are about Making, easts duly to hand, anti I want
to thank you most kindly for the great interest you have shown in our
helmlf.
If you have not already been advised, I regret very muoh to say
that ”r. liogue died in Chicago on the 24th of April and was buried in
Baltimore April 2«th. Mr. Logue had been ailing for the last couple of
years, being troubled with a liver complaint, and my opinion is that he
had a complication of diseases, which carried him off, as above indicated.
He has boon a great sufferer for the last year, but held up under most
trying conditions. I shall miss him very much, as I have known him
for a great many years. He was very much interested in our business
and naturally his position cannot very well be filled as well as he filled
it for a long time past.
Hegurding the list of. reoords, I have given orders that these be
gotten out and sent to you at the earliest possible moment.
Trusting that I shall have the pleasure of hearing from you from
George 8. PflaBtorer.
(2)
5/9/06.
tifflj to time and that in cane you happen to he Kaet you will make it
point to call upon tie, believe me to he,
Voure very truly,
TOG/lOT
Vioe-Pres. & Gen. Kgr.
fflultfnt*ma^lccti*ttal Porks
Gentlemen:
If I QFPtUE. j.
June lath, 1906.
We are pleased to announce the opening of our Seattle Branch which
will occur about August 1st. Our temporary office is now located at 439
and 440 New York Block in charge of Mr. P. J. Aaron and all inquiries and
orders from the Northwest territory should be addressed to us at that
point .
It will be our aim to carry at Seattle the complete stock of elec¬
trical supplies- that the great growing Northwest demands and to make
quick deliveries of the established standards with which the Western
Electric Company and its branches have been so long identified.
We trust that a liberal policy, code standard material, prompt ship¬
ments and the lowest market prices will merit a part of your valuable
patronage .
Yours trulj
jIFORNIA ELECTRICAL WORKS.
daltfumra Blrrtrtr fflmitpran^
KTna Angrba
MR. W. E. GILMORE,
c/o The Edison Manujfj
Orange
July 9, 1906.
My dear Mr. Gilmore:
You will remember that before I came to the Coast last
Fall . I had a talk v/ith you regarding the Lalande Battery business
here and your agency arrangement v/ith the Machinery and Electrical
Company, and you told me that I could feel at liberty to make any
arrangement I saw fit and it would be satisfactory to yen .
I am writing you officially to-day a letter relative to
the situation and am sending copy of it to Mr. Duff, in accordance
v/ith his request.
The matter gets right down to this.-
Neither Duff nor ourselves are doing enough business to
warrant us in purchasing separately in full car lots, but by com¬
bining our business we can do it very nicely.
You will realize what this means to both of us when you
understand that the difference between broken and full carload freight
amounts to five per cent on the cost of the material.
You also know how hard it is to keep your stock well assort¬
ed and up to the requirements of the trade when you are purchasing
in small lots and how necessary it is to keep your purchases in
proper proportion to' your sales.
HR. W. E. GILMORE , --#3.
Mr. Duff lias a very good trade in this section, which we
do not touch, with farmers and people of that class, while our trade
is confined almost entirely to Gas Engine people and the Railroads.
My proposition to Duff is that he turn practically .all of
this business in to us. we to purchase in carloads and warehouse the
stock, making practically all shipments direct to his trade- billing
through him and using nroper care not to come in conflict with him;
he, on his part, to recognize the trade we have and leave it alone.
I realize that such an arrangement will mean the loss of
identity of your Company to a greater or less extent and that you
raay object to it for this reason, but as a broad proposition it ap¬
pears to me it will work out and it will unquestionably mean a
greater profit to both of us and enable us to give better service
to the trade.
In the days gone by. it has always been understood that
competition is the life of trade, but I think this is becoming an
old story and that co-operation is now taking the place of competi¬
tion. You are working on this basis in the manufacturing end, and
I think it will do no harm to experiment a little on the distributing
end out here.
Mr. Duff's company can continue as your agents and handle
your line to some extent, taking care of such orders and inquiries
as you send them, .or it might be a good plan for you to transfer the
agency to the Y/oodill and Hulse Company of this City. This Company
is the Construction Company owned by Mr. Duff, their business being
general electrical construction and electrical goods at retail. This
might be a better solution of it than the other as they have a very
MR. VI. E. GILMORE,
_ #3.
attractive store on the principal business street , v/ith show windows
full of electrical supplies and novelties of various Kinds, and from
the display standpoint could probably give you a better advertising
proposition than the Machinery and Electrical Company, who are a
machinery and electrical concern outside of the retail section.
If this arrangement appeal r. to you, the agency can be
transferred to them and they can handle your line exclusively . carry¬
ing as much stocK as the business in this district warrants.
This would place the two rnaKes of Lalande Battery in the
hands of the three leading concerns in three lines,- Machinery and
Electrical company in the Machinery business, the Woodill and HulBe
Company in the Construction business and ourselves in the supply
business.
I think the result of this will be that between Mr. Duff's
Company and ourselves we will show an Increase in the Gladstone
Lalande business which will more than offset the loss of business in
Edison Lalande material and that the net result of the two Manu¬
facturing companies will be a gain.
This last proposition is the one I recommend, and if it
meets with your views. I wiBh you would kindly write Mr. Duff to
that effect, writing hie at the same time at San Francisco.
The main point Mr. Duff wants covered is that your agency
will not slip out of his hands, and he wants your full consent to
tlie arrangement and a statement from you that in case at any time the
new arrangement should prove unsatisfactory to you, you will take
the matter up with him and give him the opportunity to reinstate
MR., W. J5. RIJjMORK . — #4.
himself in ’/our line ancl handle it as in the past. If you write
him your approval, please he particular to cover this point. He
i»i
does not, of course . understand the details of the present^ arrange¬
ment and naturally infers that as soon as you find your business
dropping off you will probably look for another agent. I expect
to return to San Francisco in a day or two and will look for a letter
from you at that point.
I wish to thank you for information relative to the Com-
Glitltfontht lErlcrtrir (Enmjjattjj
3ffna Artgi'luB
PACIFIC COAST AGENTS WESTERN ELECTRIC CO
U E I V EoYxly g, 1906.
ML JL6 IPOR
THE EDISON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, I
I i^-
Mr. VI. E. Gilmore. Vice-President
Orange, N.J. |
(m.
Dear sir:
Tiie Machinery and ELectrioal Company, Mr. H.T.Duff .Manager ,
and ourselves have very close business relations, and we are, as far
as possible, co-operating in the handling of electrical business in
this territory.
Mr. Duff's company represents you on Edison Lalande Bat¬
tery material and we represent the Battery supplies company on a
similar line. The situation at present is that there is not suf¬
ficient business for both of us to warrant us in purchasing this
material separately in carload lots, and v/e therefore lose the ad¬
vantage we would gain through the saving in freight by purchasing
in full car lots and by carrying a more complete stock.
I have discussed with Mr. Duff the proposition of our carry¬
ing the entire stock, purchasing in full carloads, he to place orders
for all of this material on us as he requires it. Under this plan
we would save the difference in freight and be enabled to carry a
much more complete combined stock, making it possible to give much
batter service and take better care of the trade. He is perfectly
willing to do this, but sees in the arrangement the possibility of
JDISON MFC. 00.
— #%•
of an objection on your part, which might lead to your transferring
your agency here to some competitor, and rather than have this hap¬
pen, we would prefer to continue under the present arrangement. I
have advised him that in vi ew of the existing patent situation, you
might consider waiving your rights in the matter and agree to his
placing such business as he sees fit with us on the understanding
that you will allow him to continue as your representative, and.
in case the present patent situation should be modifiod at any future
time, notify him that you desire a return to the present conditions.
If this will be entirely satisfactory to you, we can readi¬
ly enter into some arrangement by which we will carry the stock, and
the Machinery and Electrical Company and ourselves handle the Glad¬
stone Battery, except in cases where the trade prefers battery of
Edison manufacture , when he will of course look after your interests
as in the past.
Will you kindly let me hear from you regarding this arrange¬
ment at your earliest convenience, writing Mr. Duff at the same time
v/ith your views . and greatly oblige
President.
EMS-E.
California ElecfcricH|fo.
B. W. Scribner, Esq., Pros.,
642 Polecat Kt, , San Pran cisco, Cal,
Pear Sin "
1 duly received your favor of July 9tli, on tho subject matter
of the agency arrangement with the Machinery ft Electrical Co., Eos
Angol'os, Cal., and setting forth a proposition whereby you would combine
tho business there to the benefit of the Gladstone battery.
I have particularly deferred writing you on this, as I wanted o
discuss it with Hr, Edison personally, but I was unable to get at him
until just before be 19ft on an automobile trip. Personally he was very
much opposed to making any suoh arrangement as that indicated in your
letter, and naturally you can understand that his personality, do as enter
into the business somewhat. Notwithstanding arrangements that are now
effective as between the Battery Supplies Co. and ourselves, we do not
feel that 'm can entirely eliminate the question of an- agency at any
particular point, where the Western Electric Co, have representatives,
and if I wore to do this in one particular oase on the lineB indioated
in this oonrnunication a oritorion would be established that might prove
very irksome to us in the long run.- I am therefore of the opinion that
you have not given this matter that consideration to which it is entitled.
Califom ia Electric Co. (2) 8/20/06.
I had intended to diaouoB the matter with Mr. Rockafellow and Got
his views on the situation, hut on second thought I decided not to do
so, hut to give you our opinion and thou see whether you could not
arrange matters in such a way that present conditions would prevail.
So far as sMpping in oarloads is concerned, it seems to mo that a
satisfactory arrangement could he made with the Battery Supplies Co,
so that tC total carload, consisting of Edison and Gladstone batteries,
could go forward from Newark and the question of tr eight would therefore
he overcome to that extent. .
V/e do not feel that we want to relinquish any agencies t>iat wo have
established, and wo also feel that if we were to adopt the suggestion
indioated by you it would place us in a very embarrassing position in
the future should a similar request he wade by any of tho other agencies
of the Western Electric Co. 1 should like very much to see my way ■
clear to make an arrangement as outlined by you, hut, as I have stated
above, Mr. Edison dislikes particularly to se- our identity absolutely '
wiped out, and naturally his personality is something that ho thinks so
much of that even business will not always be allowed to offBet it. 1 If,
on the other hand, an arrangement could he made whereby a representation
by somebody else can be effeoted, all well and good; but I dislike to 'do
this, as I am afraid that Mr. Buff would not like it, and naturally, as
our relations with his conoern have been most pleasant in the past, we
should, of course, like to continue it if it is at all possible.,
I regret that I have not been able to write you before, but the
reason has been that I have had three different talks with. Mr. Edison
on this subject and in every case he has stuck to his decision and ■
refused to modify it in any way. ‘ I know that you will be surprised at
my writing -you in this vein, but facts are facts and I cannot get around
them.
California Electric Co'.
(3)
8/20/06,
1 should ho glad if you will consider this matter further and let
me hoar from you as to whether something else cannot he suggested.
Yours very truly,
TOtr/lVAV
Vice-Pres. & Gen. Mgr,
S'f-,
llSrsfont Iclrrirtr (ilmnpitng
BO Ni'm ^rti-lt Augui
W. E. GILMORE, Vice President & General Manager,
Edison Manufacturing Company,
Orange, New Jersey.
Dear Mr. Gilmore: -
I have your favor of the 9th instant, wherein you announce
that in view of the establishment on the part of the Western Elec¬
tric Company of a branch house at Seattle, Washington, you have,
under the terms of the agreement , designated the Kilbourne & Clark
Company of Seattle as your Sales Agent in that city. I used to think
that it wa3 poor Mr. Logue who was the man who always anticipated
our opening up branch houses by wanting to appoint Agents, but it
seems not, for he is no more and the matter is still followed up
as actively as ever. My idea of the contract (and I am the party
who drew up the paragraph at the conference) was that whenever we
established a branch house with a stock and engaged in a competitive
business, then the Edison Manufacturing Company would be entitled
to appoint an Agent, and you were to receive official notice when we
opened such a house. Now, the Seattle business is just a trifle
premature; we won't have a stock there for months. To begin with,
we have not even started the building yet, and I do not suppose we
will for two months, and it will be, in my opinion, after the first
of the year before we get started. This is why I take exception to
your Company appointing Agents before you are officially notified
of what our intentions are. I grant you that you may have read
23, 1906.
E.M.Co,
-2-
8/23/06
paragraphs in the papers and have heard our people talking about
it, hut officially we have not opened yet at Seattle, nor are we
carrying a stock, and X wish once more to place my3elf on record aB
stating that whenever we do intend to carry a stock and engage in
a competitive business you will be promptly notified so that you
can protect yourself under the terms of the agreement. The Seattle
matter we will of course have to let go now, inasmuch as you have
made the appointment, as it would hardly be in order to cancel it
until we were actually in business.
Yours truly,
■
• Supply Sales Manager.
Copy to Mr. E. G. Dodge
fflidtfointmfrlertmal JlBadu*.
SmtJIfrattciajca.
PACIFIC COAST AGENTS WESTERN ELECTRIC CO.
received
SFP 5 1905
Ai...
MAIN d'l'ICE.
W. E. GIEKOS3, Manage x- ,
Edison Manufacturing Company,
Orange, E.J.
August 30,1906.
My dear Gilmore:-
I have your favors of August 20th and 21st relative to the
Lalande battery situation at Eos Angeles, and while I fully appreciate
what this change would mean to the Edison Company, I think my
proposition is the oorrect one when figured from a very broad stand¬
point.
Your letter of the 20th refers to practically giving up your
agency altogether, whioh was not the intention. The Woodhill-Hulse
Company, who are controlled by Mr. Duff and who do a construction and
retail business are a pretty lively concern and have a store and
show window on one of the principal business streets in the City. I
am perfectly satisfied in my own mind that with these people repre¬
senting the Edison Company, ourselves representing the Gladstone
and distributing the latter through Mr. Duff's Machinery Company, the
field will be much better covered and in a better position to control
the situation there and X am s\ire it will result to the benefit of
Gilmore
us all. It certainly could not prove a losing game for the
Eclison Company and even if that Company should not realise additional
profit "by it, I think they should carefully consider the fact that
it offers Duff and ourselves the opportunity of saving 5 per cent
on the cost of the material in freight.
Eowever, I thank you very much, personally, for your
efforts in our behalf and as I am going to los Angeles tomorrow
night will go over the situation again and 3ee if there is any other
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[ATTACHMENT]
NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH COMPANY.
Oot. 11, 1906. •
W. Gladstone, Esq.,
Grampion lodge, Westwood Park,
Porost Hill, S. 13. ,
London, England.
My dear Gladstone:
Your personal letter of September 5th oamo duly to
hand, but I was unable to reply to it inasmuch as 1 wanted to get at
Mr. Edison so as to discuss the proposition as made by you therein.
If I owe you a letter 1 have forgotten all. about it. 1 remember
.getting a letter from you a long time ago, but I was under the impres¬
sion that X had answered it, although I fail to find any copy, so I must
therefore decide that X negleoted to-do so.
After talking the matter over fully, and rather than let you await
the receipt of a letter, X sent a cuble to you on the 8th reading as.
follows:
"Proposition not aooepted.".
which I knew you would understand to mean that we could not oonsider "
your coming over on the terms indioated. In the first, place, I want
to say tliat Dodge haB matters very well in hand indeed, ^and I feel
oertain that he will be able to give whatever attention is neoessary in
connection with the business of the Battery Supplies Co. Naturally
there have boon some changes slnoe you retirhddfrom any aotive connection
with that oonoern, or in fact from the battery business, and it would
! eem to us that it would be far better, now1 that Dodge haB everything
going satisfactorily, that he shpiild look after the affirs of the company.
In this Mr. Edison agrees with me, and he doeB not see the nooessity of
the oorapnny going to the • expense of having you oome over, nor does he
seem to feel that the amount of business that would aoorue from any visit
NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH COMPANY.
J. W. Gladstone. (.2) 10/ll/06.
you might make would he suffiolent to warrant the expense that would he
Incurred.
I am very glad indeed to learn that you are so nicely situated at
forest Hill and still so acoessihle to London, and I am also glad to
learn that your family are all quite' well.
Mrs. Gilmore and myself did contemplate talcing a tr|ip to London
this Pall, hut business conditions are such that I am unahle to get
away, so it will have to he deferred until next year. I know that I am
wanted there, as there are several matters that require consideration,
hut as our attorney, Mr. Marks, has Just been with ub, I have been able
to give him full instructions as to what i3 to he done. I feel certain
that matters will go on satisfactorily without my going over in person.
1 regret, therefore, that we will not he able to take advantage of your
very kind invitation at this time. Rest assured that the next time we
do get there we will he only too glad to accept your most cordial invi¬
tation.
Our business all around has been extremely good, and the so-called
competition of the Waterhury Co. has dwindled to practically nothing.
We are entirely satisfied with the amount of business that we are secur¬
ing in the primary battery line and I hope that it will continue to bet¬
ter itself as time progresses. In faot we are working out new ideas
with this end in view and I think that something vd.ll come of it in the
very near future.
Mr. Loguo, as you know, was a very siok man for a long time, so
. Jiat his death was not unexpected. It waB too bad, however, that he h.idd
in Chicago instead of at home. I had gotten to ai point where I absolutely
refused to allow him to travel, but he importuned me so hard that I
allowed him on this last and fatal trip to go directly to Chicago, and
NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH COMPANY.
J. w. Gladstone, (3) I0/ll/06.
he waB stricken at his hotel there. He left praotically nothing,
■being insured for $5,000, against which he had borrowed $500, and his
widow therefore received a total of $4500. Other than this he left
nothing. However, you know that he lived up about every dollar that he
made.
I am very glad to know that your health is now much better than it
was when you left us, and I sincerely hope and trust that you will contin
ue to improve to such an extent that you will shortly be able to go
into some business that will keep your mind employed, as I know, of
course, that your disposition will not permit you to stand around idle.
With kindest regards to Mrs. Gladstone and yourself, in which 1-frB.
Gilmore joins me, believe me to be,
Yours vary t ruly,
CBM.
BB . 7
Q . 6
RE . 20
SO . 170
Jars.
SS . 4
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Covers.
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SS.& S . 164
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Q.... . 446
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Soda.
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6oz . 324
Oxides.
Z.&.BB. . : . 50
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GOODS DECEIVED OH ODDER.
300 F.R Cells
300 Battery Connections
500 6oz.0il.
1000 RI? Zincs.
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1000 RE Oxides.
500 RR Renewals
500 Q Renewals
500 RR Oxides.
Ho. 621
200 RR Jars.
200 RR Covers.
200 SS Jars
600 SS Renewals.
■ 500 HR Soda.
500 4oz.0il.
100 RP. Cells.
500 Q Soda.
Ho. 624.
2000 RE Zincs.
2000 RE Oxides.
100 RR Cells.
50 W Renewals.
11/17/6
1906. Battery - Storage - General (D-06-03)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
commercial and technical development of Edison's alkaline storage battery.
Included are letters concerning the progress of Edison's battery work, the
materials to be used, and the performance of cells.
Approximately 20 percent of the documents have been selected. The
items not selected consist primarily of requests for information and letters of
transmittal.
THOMAS A. EDISON
J. F. RANDOLPH
Edison Storage Battery Co.
Hr. W. E. Gilmore, General Manager,
Orange, N.
Dear Sir :-
T called on Hr. yrank Dillingham, 62 Cedar St., Hew York,
according to your telephone instructions. Mr. Dillingham, as I under¬
stand it, is trying to finance a Company to build combination
gasolene-electric railway cars , and has interested the Allis Chalmers
Co., vho are to furnish the motors, and would like to interest Hr.
Edison or you, thinking that if they could use the Edison battery,
it would give the company a stronger standing to have the manufactur¬
ers of the battery interested in their scheme. He said they would
probably not want any batteries before nine or ten months.
I did not give him any encouragement, but ansv/ered a lot
of questions as to the action of the battery etc., and informed him
that it would probably be sometime over a year before we could furnish
batteries in large quantities for commercial purposes, re says if
you or Mr. rdison are interested, he would be pleased to make an
appointment to come out to Orange to meet either Mr. Edison or you.
T-e gave me a catalogue and circular letter showing the e quipment
they: are thinking of building, which I enclose herewith . He
would like to be notified whether you are interested or not. You
understand that he is a lawyer and he seemed to be a very bright
and able man.
Very truly yours,
Enc .
the anthracite coal regions in Pennsylvania.
Dear Sire,
The Edison storage Battery Company,
glen Ridge, H.J.,
(Ver.staetenJ
I beg to oonflrm my last letter to you dated September 7th
and extremely regret to have not been favoured so far with your
kind reply.
Seeing that we transacted for some years regular business
In Borne Items of my manufacture, and being most anxious to keep
up relations with your valued firm, I again take the liberty of
asking you whether there is no prospect for me of doing further
business with you In Barium Hydrate, Zirconium Oxide Anhydrous
and other articles whloh I supplied to you at the time. .
X beg to hand you by this mail ny new Price List- .which
I recommend to your kind attentlon,and prioes of whloh,as you know,
oan be reduced for quantities.
It might perhaps Interest you to know that I am now making
all Chemically Pure Metals for use In making filaments for
Eleotrio Lamps , such as Tungsten , Zirconium, Molybdenum, uranium.
P.T.O.
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Tantellum &c So, which I am aupplylng in exaotly the proper
qualities for Electric Lamp Wor ke.and which I shall feel glad
to supply to you as well.
Trsuting to be favored with your enquiry,
I beg to remain
Yours very truly,
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1906. Battery - Storage - Foreign - General (D-06-04)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
the patenting, manufacture, and sale of Edison storage batteries in countries
other than the United States, Canada, and Germany. Most of the
correspondence concerns negotiations with Morgan, Harjes & Co. in Paris
and with parties in Britain in regard to the manufacture and commercial
exploitation of the battery. Also included are letters between William E.
Gilmore and John R. Schermerhorn of the Edison Manufacturing Co., Ltd.,
regarding arrangements for the sale of batteries. Other correspondents
include Herman E. Dick and H. F. Parshall.
All of the documents have been selected.
Jan. 4,1906,
Messrs. Morgan, Harjes & Company,
31, Boulevard Haussmann,
Paris, Pranoe,
Qentlemen?-
Yonr favor of the 20th Tilt, has been raoaived, and
I note your acceptance of the terns mentioned in my letter to
you' of November 27th, 1905, relating to the exploitation of the
Bdi son storage battery in Prance, her Colonies, and countries
under her protectorate. As soon as the battery is ready to be
gone ahead with in Prance, I will notify you promptly, and in any
event this will be within six monthB after aotual manufacture is
oommenoed in Oermany, as stated in my letter.
Yours- very truly,
Jan. 8,1906.
John H. Harjas, Esq,,
31, Boulevard Haua smarm,
Daap Sir:-
Paria, STanoe.
Your favor of the 21st ult. has been reoeived,
enclosing authority from Mr. Dials, executed December 9th, 1905,
authorizing me to "first satisfy the said five per oent, I
(Mr. Diok) have sold Mr. Harjas, before giving any part to me"
(Mr, Diok), out of any "share of the proceeds from any company
formed, or to be formed, in any oountry of Bur ope for the ex¬
ploitation of the said Edison battery", to whioh Mr. Diok may
be entitled. Replying 1 bag to repeat the assurance made in my
letter of Hovamber 4th, 1905, that "I will not make any distri¬
bution of profits or royalties to Mr. Diok until the matter of
your oonigaaftnMth him is settled, unless of oouree, required to
do so by order of court*.
Yours very truly,
StzmJoa'jcjuc*
UMys (O'/i/ft//*
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■S^rn</oy>y
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January 8th, 1906.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange,
New Jersey, U. S. A.
Dear Mr. Edison,
Since my return to England, I have Been Sir Ernest Cassel and the
representatives of Messrs. J. S. Morgan, and have told them the progress you havo
made in the perfection of the battery, and that in your judgment, the papers
necessary for the formation of the manufacturing business, should now bo
properly prepared. The representative of Messrs. Morgan stated they woro
prepared to take up this work, but wculd have to be largely guided by Sir Ernest
CaBsel. Sir Ernest states that while ho i s quits prepared to do the necessary,
as the business was left a year ago, this work was to be done in Now York
between Mr, J. P. Morgan and yourself, and as mattera were then left the papers
would bo submitted to him later on. He was under the impression that to meet
certain legal points, the Company would ho formed in America to trade in England.
This appears to be a matter which yeti will have to take up direct with Mr. Morgan.
In connection with a suitable building for manufacturing in London,
1 have had sane discussion with Mr. Schemmerhorn, who is looking about for sane
Th"UHa A. Edison, Esq.
January 8th, 191)6.
suitable pluca in which to attend to the Phonograph business. 1 suggested that
he keep the battery business in mind and consider the advisability of getting a
place big enough for both. 1 do not know Ivhether you nay approve the plan, but
in the early stages of this business, it s-eras to be very desirable that there
should bo as much co-operation as possible. I made maition of this suggsstion
to Messrs. Cassel and Morgan and they are quite agreahle to fall in with any
suggestion that recoransnds itself to you.
1 hive written Mr. ftibbott regarding the services of a chemist for
your laboratory. he tells ms he know of no one properly fitted, and it is bo
long since he had had to deal- with this class of nan, that he would not fool
justified in sending a man over to you, on the off-chance of his suiting.
I am in touch with some other people, who think perhaps they could
supply the man. So far as 1 can learn, such men are not very easy to get, so I
trust you will not bo disappointed if after 1 have had a look around, 1 am
unable to recommend anyone i The transplanting of this class of man requires
a great deal of judgnent.
I enclose copy of letters i have received from Mr. Hibbebt which may be
of interest to you, in connection with impurities in potash.
I trust you are remaining well and to 'receive your Instructions re¬
garding the different matters at your convenience.
YourB faithfully,
[ENCLOSURE]
H. F. Parshall, Esq.,
London WL1.
Hoar Sir,
I am not claar as to tha work you wish to do in looking for impurities
in potash.
The spectrographio methods are so delivate that they may detect
quantities too small to be removed by ordinary operations. Do very smal'l
proportions of rubidium or caesium produce any injurious effect: Their re¬
actions are not unlike thoso of potash.
Tho best vmy to tost for iodine is by silver nitrate. Proceed as
follows: -
Take 5 grams of tho potash. Dissolve in 100 ccs water quite free from
chlorides. Now acidify with a slight sxcssb of nitric acid (1 to 3 or 5 of
water) Add a few drops of silver nitrate solution and wait.
if a white precipitate ^ohaa a chloride is indicated. A yellow ppt
shows either bromide or iodide. ''
If an opalescentsl s formed very small quantities of thsBe things are
indicated. Very sensitive.
All reagents must be free from clklorlde.
[ENCLOSURE]
With regard to cyanogen, a cureful study would huve to bo made.
For spectrogruphlc work, I iJiould myself propose to use some of the
dodgos omployad by Prof. Hartley of Dublin. He hae wrked most fully at the
ultraviolet region in relation to chemical analysis. If you wish it I could
give you some of the points I allude to.
Possibly Baily's recent book on Spectroscopy wljl give these and other
suggestions, though 1 have not yet seen it.
To get potash free from these impurities would probably render i t quite
clean. Would not sodium hydrate bo purer and cheaper than potash of equal
integrity. Caetners electrolytic process for getting it from common salt
is in constant uso and gives pure soda.
Of course, the electrical relatione would have to be consi derod but tho
resistance of equivalent solutions is much like that of potash, and I should not
expect the E.M.F. to be seriously changed.
Much of this writing is of course in ignorance of the degree of purity
which Hr. Edison is looking for, but you will make allowance for this.
Youre faithfully,
(Signed) W. Hibbert.
[ENCLOSURE]
144, Wain Lane,
W1LLRSUEN GHSEN, N.W.
Jan. 5th, 1906.
Daar Mr. RarshaLl,
Allow ao to, thank you for the permission to use the appliances of your
laboratory. It is a welcome privilege, though not likely to be used niuoh.
The faot is I am very touch occupied, the people here finding my services very
acceptable in many directions. As soon as opportunity serves, I will certainly
look over the place. Is it at Salisbury House!
Respecting impurities. 1 hope that such snail proportions as are
present in good potash will not affect the result, I do not think caesium,
rubidium, iodine or cyanogen will accumulate as the potash is renewed. They
will probably remain in solution and be discharged fron the cell when the old
potash is poured away.
This is merely an opinion and ought not to count against experience.
So far as iodine 1b concerned, I hope it may be removed.
I see that soda has only 63* of the conductivity of the potash.
Probably therefore, the internal resistance of a cell would he increased 10 to
JO* if soda were used. Yet i,t might be worth trying. Has Mr. Edison done this!
The solution of soda wlich gives maximum conductivity in 15* only. Hence lees
of it suffices. Please understand that 1 am not recommending soda, except
tentatively.
YourB,
(Signed) W. Hibbert.
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MARK
EUROPEAN HEADQUARTERS
Thomas A.
EDISON’S OF THB FACTORIES:
NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH Go. Ltd.
Ssse' EDISON MANUFACTURING Go- Ltd. T"
25, Clerkenwell Road,
London, E.C.
PERSONAL AND PRIVATE .
Vi i. E. Gilmore, Esq.,
Orange, New Jersey.
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It was mentioned in another letter that I had seen Parshall
on three different occasions, on all of which we had a long talk
of a business nature.
Our first interview took place between Christmas and New
Year. At that time he, of course, told me very much of what he
had done while in America and also explained to me the nature of
his relations with Mr. Edison, and this information was very much
of a surprise to me, that is, he Btates that he is really Mr.
Edison's representative in England from a technical standpoint on
the batteries, that as a matter of fact he is really working for
Mr. Edison, of course on some kind of a basis of participation.
The reason of my surprise is that it was always my understand¬
ing that he was really -working for English capitalists, or in
other words the, interests that acquired the English rights of the
batteries. He stated that his talks with Mr. Edison more than
ever confirmed his entire belief in the value of the battery, and,
further, that such progress had been madewhich seemed to indicate
that manufacture could be taken up in the1 rather immediate future.
Before he went to America X had told him that I believed the
phonograph interests could be better conserved by having a factory
here; in fact I toj^gh^n he might mention that to you,'- although
I further stated thatTTwas not at the moment prepared to come to
a definite personal de'cision on this question, that I purposed
looking about to get ahold of a satisfactory plant.
You can imagine my surprise then when at the interview above
mentioned he immediately suggested that I secure a plant which would-
have sufficient capacity to not only take care of the phonograph
end tut also to take care of the hattery 'business . X told hhn
that I did not know such an arrangement could he effected, that I
did not know as to how the English interests would consider such a
proposition. He immediately stated that he could control that
issue. I then told him that if that were true that X would write
you on the subject so that you could take it up with Mr. Edison
if you thought fit, and could in turn let me have your views as well
as Mr. Edison's.
It, of course, has been in my mind to write you on this subject
ever since that interview, but as you know I was called away the
next week to Paris and then the following week to Brussels, and
not considering it needful of especial hurry I put off writing you.
last Sunday I called at the Parshalls and was immediately
taken in hand by him and was informed that he had not only te.ken
the question up with the English representatives but had written
Mr. Edison on the subject sending a copy of such letter to you.
Prom this it appears to me that Parshall is decidedly anxious
that his stand be effected, and from his talk it indicates that
he is desirous that I give a certain amount of attention to the
battery interests.
He also indicated that it is his aim to get the various
European battery interests under one head, the central body of
which will be in London. I told him frankly that I feared such
arrangements had been made in Germany as- to preclude such a plan
becoming effective even though it were agreeable to Mr. Edison.
He, of course, stated that there would be no question vdiatso-
ever regarding the Prench and English end of the business, insomuch
as the interests are closely allied. He stated, however, that the
people who we re^hjicking the German end were particular friends of
Sir Ernest CaslSRs/who, of course, is, as I understand, to be the
man in the English business; at least Parshall thinks that will
be the outcome insomuch as the Morgan end will be very glad to
permit Castle to be the active man.
He also thought that Sir Ernest CasTJie^could possibly
bring the German end into line if such a scheme were advisable.
He, of course, went on to say that Bergmann would be properly
taken care of and also that arrangements could be made whereby
Bergman could manufacture much, if not all, of the machinery
necessary for the other manufacturing plants.
Now to get down to the real facts of the case Parshall' s
idea is this - that Mr. Edison and you shall figure largely in
the entire situation and this can be best accomplished by having
the one head- quart ers . Of course I do not know as to just how
far Parshall talked this matter over with you, although I infer
that he has had some talk - with you on the subject.
It ocours to me that he is desirous of getting you interested
largely in this question, and I presume that you would not be averse
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to ouch an arrangement especially if the thing turns out all right .
X told, him I would write you on the subject and I have
endeavoured to he explicit. It is his desire, of course, to have
the plant-: go through on his lines, and he feels that if you
approve your recommendations will have more weight with Mr. Edison
than would the recommendations of anyone else, and, of course, I
personally agreed with him on that score.
X suggested to Parshall that he write you a personal letter
and he probably has done so.
Reverting now to the matter of the factory situation while
I have enough to do in the phonograph line there is every indica¬
tion that things will soon be in such shape that I can give less
attention to the details, and therefore if I am to remain here
I could give some attention to the battery end; and, further, if
I am to remain, of course I want to establish myself as strongly
as possible, therefore, I am willing to tackle this proposition
provided it meets with the approval of Mr. Edison and. yourself.
In the meantime I have looked at several properties here but
none of them have as yet seemed satisfactory. Naturally, however,
in my investigations up to date I have not taken into considera¬
tion the battery features, if that is to be one of the features
then, of course, a different plant would have to be acquired.
As stated before I have not written you regarding moving the
plant here because before writing you on the subject I v/ished to
know what we would have to pay in the way of rents, rates, taxes
and so forth. When I have this information I can, of course,
tell you just exactly what it will mean in the way of additional
expenses or saving as the case may be.
I have gone into the question of freights and that kind of
thing already.
I assume, of course, that you will have considered this matter
before the arrival of my letter, and possibly will have written
me before this reaches you, but it occurs to me it may be barely
possible that this letter might make you take a different view of
matters, and I will therefore be glad to have you answer it even
though such answer might be but a confirmation of a previous
communication.
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you had written Mr. Marshall haying reference to the battery situa¬
tion was duly ^eoeiV'ad.
I Tfoll understand the position which you have taken- cut this
and, of phurse, there Is no> criticism to be raisedi You have,
however, overlooked the main thing in my several communications
haying reference to plants, that* Is, f have all along indicated that
1 thought it waB advisabl^ to have a manufacturing plant, in
England.. Th^s question ydu have,, dodged only bringing up the fact
that you consider it advisable, to have one centre plant.. However,
as I am thinking very seriously of getting to America In June we
will 1st this question rest, untih. 1 revolt you. If I do. not go I
will write you farther on the; subject .
Since the receipt of yourlatter I have sepn pafshall . We
kaY* had soke talks on the subject and Parshall roads between the
1 \r\W dp#s npt have muoh to say. He is necessarily doing exact¬
ly Whjt^ py,ara dping - waiting.
R.W. BLACKWELL
&zmm6 ^(arn/arj
W. E. Gilmore, Esq,.,
• Orange,
ITew Jersey. U. S. A.
Dear Mr Gilmore
I have your cable as follows
“Regarding management have oabled Sohermerhorn
confer with you writing"
and have had a conversation with Sohermerhorn.
X do not know that there is anything more for me to say -in tin
matter than I have already said, and I shall await with interest the
inSAmerica^0lU> dlsollsslon of European business with Mr Sohermerhorn
My kindest remembrances,
Yours faithfully,
RWB/FSL.
J. F. RANDOLPH
Edison Storage Battery Co.
Telephone , ioj6 Montclair . V
V /
QLEN RIDGE, NEW JERSEY Deo. 27,1906.
Ur. W. E. Gilmore, General Manager,
Orange, N. J .
Dear Sir:-
Referring to the colls which were shipped Mr. Parshall in Lon-
we find that we shipped on July 21st, 1904, six E 27 cells to Mr.
Parshall and billed same to H. E. Dick. These oolls were welded
roll* similar to what we are now making, with the exception of the
separator, which then had a gauze top and is now covered with a loose
metallic top. However I think it would be advisable to ship Mr.
Parshall another coll, as we are now making a better looking cell
than we did at that time.
Kindly let us know whether we shall ship the cell ,
Very truly yours,
Dec. 29, 1906
Hr, V. C-. Bee,
c/o Edison Storage Battery Co..,
Glen Ridge, n. J.
Bear Sir:
I have your favor of the 27th. I want to send Mr.
Parshall one of the latest cello, irrespective of what he haB.
If ,he has E-27 cells, then send him an E-27 , so that he can make
a complete comparison. I want this shipped by express, prepaid,
through the Hew York office.
Yours very truly,
General Manager.
MV-LIOMVr hHOUOOHVbH COWbVM,W
1906. Battery - Storage - Foreign - Bergmann, Sigmund (D-06-05)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
patenting, manufacture, and sale of Edison storage batteries in Germany. Most
of the items are letters exchanged by Edison and Sigmund Bergmann, director
of the Deutsche Edison-Accumulatoren-Co. Included are letters pertaining to
the price of supplies, the cost of manufacture, and the delay caused by
Edison's continued development of the battery.
Approximately 70 percent of the documents have been selected. Among
the items not selected are the minutes of a Deutsche Edison-Accumulatoren
board meeting, in German and English, and documents that duplicate
information in selected material.
[ATTACHMENT]
.Tan. 31, 1906.
P. H. Klein, Jr., Esq.,
157 Cedar St.,
Hew York.
Dear Sir:
Referring to the oorrespondenoe that has passed between us
relative to further information asked for by Mr. Bergmann, aB I under¬
stand that Mr. Bergmann is leaving within a few days for this side I
am going to defer the entire matter until he gets here.
The fact is that 1 have not had anything that I could write you
that was definite, and 1 would prefer that Mr. Bergmann see Mr. Edison
so as to discuss the entire situation. The reasons are that the matter
of going ahead with the battery is toohnical all the way- through, and
I do not feel that I am sufficiently able to cope with it under present
conditions, so that under the oircuinstances I would prefer that it await
Mr. Bergmann* s arrival.
Yours very tnuly,
r,
w/iw
General Manager.
BERGPM ElEGTfllGftlt WOpS
Machine Department.
Continuous Current Generators
aad Motors
for Direct Coupling and Belt Driving.
Special Motors
with Wide Range Speed Regulation
for Driving Rotary Printing Presses,
Cranes, Lifts, Calanders
and Paper Machines.
Motor-Dynamos, Balancers, Boosters.
Automobile Motors.
Alternating Current Machinery
Generators, Motors and
Transformers
for Single, Two and Three Phase Current.
Controllers and Resistances
for operating Cranes, Hoists and Lifts
with Direct and Alternating Current
Motors.
Starting and Regulating
Switches
for Direct and Alternating Current
Ur. W. E. Gilmore,
C/O EdiBon Storage Battery Co
Orange, New Jersey.
Uy dear Glltnors,
I have decided to take a run over and
have engaged to call on Eeb. 6th from Bremen. If you
want me to attend to different matters, or bring certain
things along for you business or private, please let me
know at once, as a letter might just catch me yet before
I leave, or perhaps if you have any important matters
to attend to, telegraph me.
Hoping that you enjoy good health, I am with best
wishes
fours very truly,
9.R
Electric Ventilators
Exhaustors
High Pressure Blowers
Ventilating Fans
for Direct and Alternating Current.
TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS:
! FUI.UURA-B13RLIN
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BERGPWi EltEGTRlGfllt WORKS
with Wide Range Speed Regulation Ity dear Gilmore,
for Driving Rotary Printing Presses,
Cranes, Lifts, Calanders I take first this Opportunity to
and Paper Machines.
Motor-Dynamos, Balancers, Boosters, thank Mrs. Gilmore and yourself for the beautiful
Automobile Motors.
^Alternating Current Machinery
< for all Standard Voltages and
Periodicities.
Generators, Motors and
Transformers
for Single, Two and Three Phase Current.
Controllers and Resistances
for operating Cranes, Hoists and Lifts
with Direct and Alternating Current
Motors.
Starting and Regulating
Switches
for Direct and Alternating Current
Motors and Generators.
Electric Ventilators
Exhaustors
High Pressure Blowers
Ventilating Fans
for Direct and Alternating Current.
and luxurious baBket of fruit which you bo kindly sent-
us to the steamer and tell you that we have enjoyed,
this fruit immensely.
After a very stormy voyage we arrived home-
in good health and condition. I found business very:
satisfactory and am pitching right in to start making
batteries and expect to be able to deliver bdtteries
in limited quantities in about 6 weeks or two month^,-
but I can only do this, if I get the active material
from you in time. Therefore please send on receipt
fooo
of thiB -SG0G- pounds of each, packed in ordinary tin-
cans, such as we have written the Sdison 6ol kbout
some time ago and I will propose that you fix tha
price if you get started manufacturing this material
ip larger quantities and figure same ap a manufaoturin: g
J. hS-ve no doubt that we will agrcj# orj tl$
price after a while.
BERQMANN ELECTRICAL WORKS (machine department).
W* E. Gilmore Esq. 16.3.06.
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Please telegraph me, when, on Mmt steamer and how much of this
aotive material is going to be shipped. I have not seen Mr. Graf
yet, but will do so to-morrow or the day after.
Hoping that Mrs. Gilmore, yourBelf and the ohildren are
enjoying the best of health aid that we may have the pleasure of
meeting you over here this summer, I am with kind regards
'ery truly.
[FROM PETER WEBER?]
April 6, 1906.
,3. Bergmann, Ksq . ,
Bergmann Kit: q trio Works,
23 Oudenarder Str., Berlin, Germany.
Bear Mr. Bergmann:-
5 to confirm our cablegram of even
date, as follows: ■
Five hundred and sixty-three (563) pounds nickle,
"seven hundred and sixty (760) pounds iron shipped, per
"Steamship Blucher, March 22nd; nine hundred (900) pounds
"nickle, three hundred $300) pounds iron shipped per
"Steamship CROSSE KURFOERST March 29th; three hundred
"and seventy-five (375) pounds nickle and two hundred and
"iifty-five (255) pdunds iron shippedthis week."
We have arrayed to ship you active material
for twenty-five (25) cells per day, until such time as you ask us
for more.
As advised in our cablegram, the first shipment of
563 lbs. nickle and 760 lbs. iron were shipped on the Hamburg-Ameri-
can Line S/S BUTCHER on March 22nd; the second lot of 900 lbs.
nickle and 300 lbs. iron was shipped on the North German Lloyd
S/S OROSSB KURprjERST , March ,29th; the third shipment left Silver
Lake on April 4th, and consisted of 376 lbs. nickle and 255 lbs.
iron. This makes a total of 1038 lbs. nickle and 1315 lbs. iron
shipped you so far, and should make you; about 750 E-18 cells. It
is our intention to continue making you shipments in small lots, so
as to keep you a-going. With kind regards, I am,
w ovj.K' L^oursHvenyvtrulyy,;
April 6, 1906.
ITr. Gilmore:-
X Have cabled Bergmanii that so far we have ship¬
ped him a total of 1538 lbs. nickel and 1315 lbs. iron. X have
confirmed this by letter as well. The quantity shipped will make
abouit 750 E-1S cells.
P. WEBER.
'ISOM bHOMOCUYbH MOUKS
Deutsche Bank Berlin.
Deutsche
Edison- jdkkumulato ren~ Company
g. m- X- .1
.
2>ronl/ielmerslr. 17/18.
fernsprech-jfnschtuss:
Jlmt 2, J fo . 873.
1 Ut
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
0 r a n g a ,N.J,
a.(,C«^-w£
**«)»-•. ftJCf
fte-£
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-cuse£iT
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IAA. <*£-<'«
In regard to the'fact, that he desirabl^, to
manufacture the active, mass later here in Germany we beg to ask you, j
whether it is possible, to buy the metallic nickel, for making the nickel-,
hydrate at a satisfactory price, in the states and have it send hens.
We believe to remember that you buy the nickel at a very low f igurs
think that we might possibly obtain that material from the same source.
We would be pleased if you will kindly give us information
in regard to this matter .and kindly send us prices and samples.
J)eutsche
' Edison- j/Ikkumulatoren-Companu
■/■ g. m. b. X
J)ank-Conto: _ . . . _
Deutsche Dank, D^rlin.
Te/egramm-fdresse: <sJ3etfo, ST Jon 13th August. 19.06.
Sdisonce/I. t)ronlheimersir. 17/13.
Fernsprech-Jtnxhtuss:
Jtmt 2, J/o. 873.
Jt. £. C. Code ftm 1 1. 5!£ edition)
and used.
Hr* Thomas A* Edison,
Orange, H.J,
Sear Sir:
We teg to state, that we send you to day a cablegram
as follows:
"Drawings C 50 and 537 B show different concaving radiua
for pocket die. Cable right radius,"
Sdisonoell.
In pressing our grids and looking ova*- tftk Wrings we
found, that in the drawing C 50, Ti tie: "Bottom Pocket ^Iriinplttg Die Tons-
Iron", the radius for the curve of the pocket die i» igsyeir -to 1,06 inohes.
In the other drawing 537 B, Title:" Cushion Die", the Same radius of the-
same curve is given to 2 l/l6 inohes. We are in the dfjrj^l'ip /$hii,;mattertr
and beg you let us know, where the mistake lies and we
should give our blank and corrugating dies.
Youps-vwry truly
EijMumlaloren-Coinpaiiy
G.m.b,H. /
Edison Storage Battery Co.
Telephone, ioj6 Montclair
Ur. I. W. Walker ,
f Edison Phonograph Works, / V
I 4
Orange, IT.
Pear 3ir:-
QLEN RfDQPc NEW JERSEY
August 30,1906.
In reply to your note attached to letter from Mr. Bergmann
dated August 13th, in re drawings for dies, would state that both
drawings C 50 and B 537 are correct, the curvature radius shown on C 50
being made 1.050" to allow the powder to get more into the corners, and
so that when we press the plate with the regular corrugating dies we
get a better contact with the grid .
The plain bottom die for iron should have a curvature radius
of 1.050", but the plain top die for iron should have a curvature radius
of 2.0625".
The corrugating die (top and bottom) for iron should have a
curvature radius of 2.0625".
Por nickel, the corrugating dies (top and bottom) should have
a curvature radius of 2.0625", and the plain dies top and bottom should
have a curvature radius of 2.0625".
V/e return herewith Hr. verginarm1 s letter.
Very truly yours,
Edison Storage Battery Co.
Deal- Sir;
Drontheimerstr. 17/lQ,
Berlin, IT. , Gercnany.
Wa are In receipt, or your favor of August 13th, confirming
your oi ibis regarding drawings 0-50 and 537-B, and wo give you below
information which may be of assistance to you, provided the matter is not
already thoroughly understood.
Drawings C-60 and B-037 are both correct, the curvature radius
shown on 050 being made 1.050” to allovf the powder to get more into
the corners, and so that when we press the plate with the regular corru¬
gating dies we get a better contact with the grid.
The plain bottom d$a for iron should have a curvature radius of
1.050", but the plain top die for iron should have a curvature radius
of 2.0625",
The corrugating die (top and bottom) for iron should have a ourva-
ture radius of 2.0625".
S’or niokel , the corrugating dies (top and bottom) should have a
curvature radius of 2.0625", and the plain dies (top and bottom)
should have a curvature radius of 2.0625".
Yours very truly,
IW
General Manager,
T)eutsche
€dison~ jrfkkumuIatoren-Company
Q. m. b. Tj.
£ank-Conto:
Deutsche Bonk, Berlin.
Zelegramm-jJdresse:
€disonce/l.
Rutin XL., An._4.th
Drontheimerstr . 3538 .
fernsprech- JJasctyuss.
Jimt 2, Jfo. 873.
Jt. £• C. Code {Hi u. 5± edition)
and Saber's Code used.
Statement of coot of manufacturing cello Type H.27.
Ao far ao we are at the preoent able to judge of the
cooto of cello, manufactured here in Germany, the price, which we pay
ourselves, will he ao followos
1.) Active mass, including 2,5^ freight and other costs Mk. 16,32 $.3,89
2. ) Parts of the cell, made out of steel
3. ) Anode-niokel for nickel-plating
4. ) Hard - and soft rubber
5. ) Tray
6. ) Wages for labour
7. )■ Royalty
3,70 " 0,88
1,20 " 0,28£
4,10 " 1. —
0,80 " 0,19
4.— " 0,95
3,78 » 0,90
Mk. 33,99 $.8,09£
This amount does not include the cost of amortisation of
our machines, the cost of coals, wages of foremen etc., which will be, as
long aB we manufacture less than 200 oellB a day, about $.l,66j-per
cell H.27. Then the costs of one cell H.27 rises to $.9,76.
On the other hand, the newest and to day the best lead
cell, made by the Akkumulatoren Pabrik Aktien Gesellschaft (abridged
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' . J)eutsche Edison- Jlkkumulatoren-Company g*. m. b. Jf.
A.H.A.G.) can be bought at a price as low as cell type H. 27 costa
ourselyes.
The type Ky 210/4 of the A.E.A.G. is sold in batteries
of 40 cells, 80 voltB at catalogue price of $.9,76 per cell, $. 390,48
per battery. This battery has a capacity of 14,88 Kilowatthours, the
space necessary is 8,731 sq.feet.
An other lead cell, manufactured by the Kolner Akkumu-
latoren Werke ( abridged K.A.W. ) the type 1.10 has for 40 cells, 80 volts
a capacity of 13,6 Kilowatthours, the space needed is 7,36 sq.feet.
The price of the complete battery of 40 cells is $. 371,43.
How we will assume, that our cell type H lasts three
times as long as the lead cell so that the plates of the lead cell must
be renewed twice in the lifetime of a H.27. Two complete sets of plates
for these lead batteries may be bought at about $.240.-, the whole sum,
to pay for running the battery of the "A.P.A.G" $.390,48 + $.240.-
=$630,48; of the "K.A.W. 11 $. 371,43 +$240.- = $. 611,43.
If we divide $. 630,48 by 65, i.e. the number of cells
type H.27, which we need for 80 volts, we get a price for one cell
type H. 27 of $.9,70.
If we divide $. 611,43 by 65, we get a prioe for one
cell type H.27 of $. 9,40.
Thus the highest price ($.9,52) we can obtain for the
H.27 just equals our own oosts of manufacture and there is no room for
profit.
‘ • Deutsche Edison- Jikkumulctioren-Compcmy £ m. b. Jf.
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We enclose three diagrams showing the difference in
regard to capacity and space per unit weight of battery, between the
above named lead cells and our cell H.27. As the diagrams show, the
space needed for the lead battery iB about one third lower than for our
battery, which fact is very disadvantageous in view of the designing
of carriages. We are of the opinion that we ought not assume that our
cell lasts more than three times the lifetime of a lead cell; as long
as that is so, it appear^ impossible to sell the battery aj^ a price
higher than $. 9,52 per cell H. 27.
[ATTACHMENT!
Deutsche
Edison- j/JkkumuIato ren- Compan y
g. m. b. Jf.
dank-Conlo: Jf . M<. _
Deutsche Jjc/nk, J}er/in. K
Jelegramm-jtdresse: - * /W ®J3et/tn §)fc den 0 Ot. 8th 1906
SdisonceH. /|| |y# ^ /r/».
fernsprec/i-JTnschluss: J $0 \
■*mt «* \JV _^o|k» A^Idison
j. a a>* r*tt * 5tt aw**/ k \ J|
“'“S5T \v ' p/V*™.
No doubt you have been expecting a letter from me long
before this, but I did not want to write to you before I wae finished
and ready to manufacture your battery over here.
W® can now turn out about 50 oelle per day and If necessary
can Increase this output to 100 In a very short time. Prcm the tests
we have made, our cells are In every respect as good as the ones we
have reoelved from you. I am sending you to-day two complete cells,
one has been charged and one Is open, so that you can examine the
workmanship. I think you will be pleased.
1 would have been ready before this to turn out batter les^
If it was not for the fact that m had to alter most of the tools
which HUeske made, to make them work properly and exact. The pocket¬
filling machine is now working satisfaotbrlly and I think it would
pay you to send some competent man over here, to see how our special
maohlnes for filling the pockets and bracing the cans and other lm
provements, which we have.made, wo rk. Send oyer Rogers or anybody r
you think fit, but not NuoSke. Perhaps Peter Weber would be the man
and it would give him at die same time a little recreation, as, if
1 remember right, when I was over there he was run down pretty well.
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Deutsche Edison- JJccumuJatoren- Company G.m.b.H.
Thoms A. Id Ison jsq.
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As far as ths pries of the battery Is concerned, we can at
present not compete with the best lead battery, such as are used ap¬
parently with satisfaction ower here for automobiles in great num¬
bers and this is mostly on aooount of the expenMive active material.
When we started in and made oaloulfctiAnsoregardlng the cost of your
battery, the price fas given by you at * 1.30 per cell H 18 and on
your calculations we started our German Company, but the bills we
have received for this material are far beyond and simply prohibitive,
and I think you are not aware of the prices we have been Charged with.
If the price is $ 1.30 for the active material per cell H 18,
we hope to be able to do a limited business even with the present bat¬
tery, but I expect that you will now before long, come out with your
new Improvements on the motive material. Please let me know as soon
as possible how far you are and what we may expect in the near future
regarding same, as we are now completely f ini died and are at the same
time practically at a standstill, on aooount of the much higher price
for your battery, as per enolosed statement.
Ki closed please find a comparison of data between the present
beat German! lead battery and ours.
If you want me to build you some speolal filling machines,
whfc h was ths greater part of Nueske's construction with the ex¬
ception fiat they did not work satisfactorily, please let a know this
and I will then built you one or two machines at once, but it is ne -
cessary that you should send some one over here to learn how the ma¬
chines and o$]Oer apparatus are worked by us.
Deutsche Edison- Jlccumulatoren- Company G.m.b.H.
Thomas A . Xdison Saq. 8. 10. 1906.
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You must 1st ms know by return of mall how far you are with
the Cobalt batte ry and how soon you oan send mo some of the new cells.
Ye have to eall In another 28 % of the capital of the Deut¬
sche Xdison Akkumulatoren Company G.m.b.H. and I must give the stock¬
holders sons thing definite regarding the prospects of your battery.
As the first 25 % of our capital stock to the amount of K 750,000.—
has been spent with no commercial result, I am not In a very pleasant
position towards the banks and the Individual stockholders. Of course,
I am building batteries of the old type, but we have to sell them at
a loss, on account of the competition we got with the lead batteries for
automobiles.
. .YMAqiilQO HgAn.b.OMphlf)
Oct. 26, 1906.
S. Bergmttnn, XJsq.,
23/24 Oudenarderstrasse,
Berlin, Germany.
My dear 33ergmann:
I have your letter of Ootober 8th, on tho (subject
matter of the manufacture of storage batteries.
I am indeed glad to know' that you are turning out at the rate of
50 oells per day and that if necessary this oan be increased to 100; and
I am pleased also to note that the tests indioate thiit your colls are
equal to those manufactured by us. The two oells that you have sent me
have not as yet cane in, but when they do X will look them over and write
you further, if neoessary.
I do not want to say at the moment whether we will send a man
over at press nt or not; I will take this under advisement, however, and
write you later. Weber has been laid up for the paBt two or three
weeks and I doubt if he could make a trip at present.
The price of aotive material 1b, of oourse, very high, for the simple
reason that to are running pur works only partially, and naturally the
general expense is greater than it would otherwise be. With tho
exception of the cobalt flake, the aotive material, when we do start up
again, will be very much reduoed in price, and I therefore think there
will be no complaint on this score later on. We are hoping to more than
out tho price in half on the iron alone.
Now, so far as prioes are concerned, we sell the "B-18" type at
8. Bergmann. ■Yl^!M0° ,'HAf!.0.f3)i:,q jawoitaw X0/26/06.
$10.00, whereas the prioo of the lead cell of the same oapacity is
$6.00.
The Adams Express Co., who have just put into service more than 100
delivery trucks, purchased our present battery, as they find from their
previous experience that our oells are very much cheaper to operate in
the long-run, and they would not use the lead battery at any price.
In addition to this, we have eight to ten other large firmB who have
thrown out the load battery absolutely. Tiffany & Co., for instance,
have a total of twenty-one wagons operated with our battery.
I expect to send you one of my new cells about Eebruary, 1907. This
oelljf will'be made up with tools, and not hand-made. ,
I have always bean under the impression that you understood that the
active material we have been shipping you was abnormally high in prloe,
but it is no criterion so far as the ultimate cost is concerned.
The new cell above referred to will have 60# more oapacity for the
same weight. . >
The enclosures with your letter are most interesting, and I have
gone over them carefully, but I do not see that there is very much com¬
ment to make as to same.
Generally speaking, I am more than satisfied with the results already
attained in connection with the new cell, and just as soon as I can give
you some definite figures rest assured you will hear from me.
Yours very truly,'
£dison~
j)eutsche
■_^khmiuIato ren- Company
Deutsche Dank, Der/in. cb*v»0
- h. ( r<f, C^JZ^ — cokeif u wtVtv*. 1
Jelegramm-Jtdresse: f j)
cmsonce/L J)ront/icimerslr. mm.
Ftrn^-rtn'M,,". ' - f. . *.
Thomas A. Ediaon Esq.
Orange^ Haw Jersey.
My dear Edison,
I hare received your laet letter and of course it Is
very refreshing news that you are going to give us tbs now battery
with 60 - pS increase of capacity by February next. This is the only
hope to make the German Edison Storage Battery Concern a success ,
as we are now, if conditions .do not improve, simply dying on dry rot.
Our expenses are very high. The factory which I have hired with the
expectation of turning out batteries quickly and at a,low 3>rico4 is
a very^arge one. As I have already written you before tin head Sto¬
rage Battery people have made such improvements and their Prunes
are so low, not counting the much smaller space which t^iepr occupy,
that as tie battery s.tands to-day, we oannot do any business Without
big loss. There is one chance of getting me out of this difficulty
and bridge over until you give us your new battery and we can tuna
out the same, and that is that the German Edison Storage Battery Go.
will manufacture electric automobiles with or without battery, hut
according to our contract with you, this company sannot undertake ts
manufacture any other aTtfble except storage batteries without your
consent. Will you pl^ase^therefore send me by return of mall yoyr
consent that the German Edison Storage Battery Co. can go ahead
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Deutsche Edison - JJccumulatoren - Company G.m.b.H.
Thomas A. Edison Esq.
19.11.1906.
manufacture automobiles until the battery is showing a commercial
success.
As the stockholders of this company are getting very annoy¬
ing you better telegraph me the following:
"I Will consent that Deutsche Edison Akkumulatoren Company
manufacture automobiles besides making storage batteries."
1 of course guarantee that that part of the businestjregardlng the
battery will be kept under separate accounts and strictly apart
from the automobile business and will issue separate balance sheets,
so that if the storage battery business will be a success you will
get your full entitled share of thejprofit, as per the contract.
Bel'ievesme X have done everything I could to make this battery
business a success, but under the circumstances we must take up
something else, if we do not. want to liquidate the whole business
before long, and I am sure that you will consent to the above, until
the battery business will take a better shape.
[ATTACHMENT!
\
/
Deutsche
€dis on~jrfkkumu/atoren~ Compan y
Q. m. b. tt ?.
Jjank-Conto: _ _
Deutsche Bonk, Berlin.
irontheimerstr. 35,38.
jr. £. C. Code (VA u. 5!A edition)
and Xieber’s 1 ’
fernsprech-Jinsekhiss.
Jtmt 2, Jfo. 873.
^ftvt-3 <i~0 •—-»(
'C-O’t-y 'l-Ct* To <S4.W»«J*V fcaa. C?<9
Mr. Ihoznas A. Edison, Esclu., ^ ^<4* I
Orange, ff.j.lU CLj f* “f ^
D9ar Sir! u, d-ju^ fca.
We received a latter of
nn.lna.nua Italy „„ tCT ^ » i^ktESiA^IC
a.nu», Italy, asking „,, rtaj^.r ». .n ?*W4j - >
Jta, whaler we are able^to.furn _ a. ..
b.H.rls, for «h. Italian ^ a
lntondod for In driving r.llt|a^.^»,i^2~ Y
- a distance of about 8 miles.
- • dlatano. of about 8 .11...
a »r*U, to run th. oars .1th 1“^M«,rmS^«opT.AtrSp^.»t.
*=a.u.. th. load, ..11. ..aid n&'iS't, fe^V..Th^«nT^.t.
.C-lJL.*
to tako this .attar up again and «.. your batt.rlon. a. JaS:.^~- ,
thin trial .111 b. of groat laportanc. and vary valuabl, a„d th.r.forl
aak you, to give u. your p.ml.alon, that nay furnish ao.. button.,
as long a, th. latt.r ar. not b.lng nanufactur.d In Italy.
Awaiting your kind answer, we are
Deutsche
Edison- JiccumuJaforen- Company
Orange, New Jersey, U.S.A.
do not wish the "Deutsche Edii
Yours of December I have received ancUnotice that you
"Deutsche Edison Accumulatoren-Comp^ny" to go into
of automobiles. I only wanted this to bridge over un¬
even if I shut the factory down entirely.
i have very high expenses
v battery, or drawings
gain time and give the i
i go ahead and make the necessary tools to
1, whom I have here on contract and cannot
You wrote me in your lafct letter, that I would have the new
battery made by machinery in Eebruary next and I do hope that this
will be true, as X cannot go on much longer this way.
1906. Edison, T.A. - General (D-06-06)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
a variety of subjects. Included are documents that deal with more than one
subject or that do not fall under the main subject categories in the Document
File. Among the items for 1 906 are letters concerning Edison's deafness,
dietary habits, and home; a letter from Edward H. Johnson; and a bill from
William J. Hammer. Also included are two letters inquiring about Edison’s
plans to construct concrete dwellings and a statement by William E. Gilmore
regarding Edison company payrolls for 1895-1906.
All of the documents have been selected.
30th January, 1906.
In reply to your letter
of January 29 th, I heg to Bay
that the plane requested therein
were Bent to you hy expreBB on
the Third of June, 1904.
Faithfully yours,
Mrs. Thomas A. Bdiaon,
Orange, N. J,
[ENCLOSURE]
...lfiih _ Beaembex 19_p&-
To taking measurements and
making plans for proposed library
addition to house in Llewellyn Park $50.-
NEW YORK EVENING JOURNAL
EDITORIAL ROOMS
Feb. 5, 1906.
Dear Mr. Edison: ,
1 don' t know whether- you will remember- my name,
I interviewed you once or twioe for the Sun many years ago. At pres¬
ent I am doing ray newspaper work with the aid of five of your new
business phonographs,, and 1. am greatly obliged to you for tha very
great help which 1 derived from your- inventive genius.
1 write now, in regard to a statement made by Mr. Chanler, of
Harper & Brothers at a public dinner last nigjtf. The statement was
made to me privately, that you had lost your Rearing partially be¬
cause; of a blow on the ear when a boy. I am constantly warning par¬
ents in editorials against beating their children and especially
against striking them in the head. 1 am going to write such an edi¬
torial for publication in the Cosmopolitan magazine:. 1 wonder if you
would be kind rnough to write me such a letter as 1. could incorpor¬
ate in the editorial-- which would, of course., attract, very wide at- ,J
tention. 1 should like to add the incident as to your having been
very nearly shot, by a policeman once when you were carrying home a^/
bundle of old Berth American Reviews and reading as you went. That is
another- anecdote told me by Chanler.
to
Iim case — as is possible — you are too busy^bother writing what
1 ask for, would you be willing to dictate a statement to a stenogra¬
pher or to an intelligent reporter, if 1 sent one out to you. My
idea would be to have from your own actual experience a striking, emr
phatic statement of the; truth which everybody should know that to
on the head j
strike a child at all and especially^is a crime and ought to be pun¬
ished with imprisonment — in the case of a fatier, or teacher, or any
■body else..
1 was very- glad to learn from Mr. Chanler that your health is
good, and your passionate love of work undirainishedl. : 1 presume: great
are milking
praparatf ora^to reward you in the other world for what you have done
in this -I- hope you will tfot witness the realization for a great many
years to coma.
Yours very sincerely, - •
Thomas A. Edison, Esq. „
Orange, M. J.
[ATTACHMENT!
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/'Mr-
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange,
Mow Jersey, U.S.A.
My dear Sir,
IMPURITIES IH POTASSIUM.
Whan last in the United States, you will probably remember suggesting
tint 1 might find out something, with a spec tro scope, as regards impurities in
potassium- You made special reference to iodine, cyanogen, caeBium and rubidium.
1 had some 21# solution that was sent over from Orange for use with tho experimen¬
tal cells. I also had made up sane saturated solution of chemically pure
potash. Tho spectra of tho two samples appeared to be identical. I had a
good deal of difficulty in getting anthing like a satisfactory result, since
potassium seems to be tho most 'bigamous 'substance I have every tried to yio rk with.
Hie presence of impurities in mist minute quantities, obscures the potassium
spectrum to such an extent that it takes a good deal of finding. however the
present results have been obtained several times with different metals as
electrodes. I eventually found pure nickel electrodes tho most satisfactory.
Although viien I continue the experiments 1 may find something better. I passed
). This ui'ght have
answer on the po.int will
iting. In every
t as impurities,
account for, consi daring
or me to account for
lg process. There is
lumbor of i ron lines
Thomas A. Edison, Esq. - 3 - March 8th, 1906.
baan progressing to your satisfaction. I havo sasn lusull savaral tlmas of
lato, ha tails ma whan ha saw you last, you wars fading very wall aB regards
tha progress you had made. We are all anxious to got ahoad with the battery
over hero, but of course, our anxiaty can only be as nothing caaparad with yours,
considering the years of work you have put in on it.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Thos. A. Edison,
Orange, N. J. p
Hear Sir:
your interest in the develop
Noting in the Trad^|paplr.s<IfoXa good/ long while
(w*-€'<BU<r'c4s —
oprtiSnt of power and heat directly
from coal, eliminating as far as possible any ^Intermediate
methods of conversion, we would like to take the privilege
of asking you a question or two pertaining to this matter,
in view of the fact that we are getting ready to build two
or three plants requiring about 100 H. P. in power capacity
and the equivalent of about 6,000 or 7,000 sq. ft. of heating
capacity. The latter however would be only required during
a very few months in the year.
We are also investigating on a larger scale for
additions here , considering a plant of about 1500 K.W.
Do you consider it practical to use gas producers
for both power and heating, or can you recommend some' other
more satisfactory and economical system?
Of course we have had a great deal of experience
with steam plants and turbines, but the gas producer proposi¬
tion is a matter that has appealed to us from an economical
2. Mr- Thos. A. Edisotf,
standpoint.
Pardon us for taking your valuable time, but an
expression from you would be very much appreciated.
Hespectfully,
PULTON BAG
<r^7em7r>?ty. £. C.
March 28th, 19U6.
My dear Sir,
From time to time 1 huv
impressions in print. So far a
%^-P^JLJLiL^ v
.'9 Coonn^"
^ -r„ Uy<8r .
baan guilty of putting soma of ray idoas and
1 caii remumber I have never inflicted any
printed matter on you.
1 am sending by “Exp ran
The carcase o
Thinking' you might possible overlook a single offenc
" a copy of my book on "Electric Machine Design",
this book represents a subject as 1 have developed
it practically from the earliest times, vhen I was associated with the interests
practically founded by yourself. Tha method of procedure in tho designing procee
is tha one that 1 originated and have followed from tho beginning.
While I cannot expect or hope that you will do more than give the book
a passing glance, 1 hope, considering the history of tha hook, as also your
acquaintance with me, you -rill do me the honour to do this.
^ vV<^ *ou» faithfully,
0^
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©epdtfmenf of (pofiftcdf 45conoing
®eto gafcen, Conn. March 29,1906.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, N.J.
Dear sir:-
Somo time ago- I wrote asking if you could
give me the benefit of your experience in relation to diet and en¬
durance. and explaining in detail the purposo of my inquiry. As
I have not hoard from you. I take the liberty of wri ting again,
in case the former letter failed to reach you. I have now
data from several hundreds of persons, but much wish to add yours,
feeling sure that it will be of considerable value. I enclose a
copy of the original letter sent you, giving the particulars as to
the information desired, and hope that I may have a reply from you.
Trusting that you can aid me wi thout too much personal in¬
convenience, I am
Very truly yours,
Mr. 3", S'. Randolph:
!&y fiO(, TA
Referring to the attached trial balance of the
Edison Chemioal Works, this just came in here a day or two ago. They
seem to he away behind on their books. I do not know who is accountable
fcr this, but tills is rather late to receive a trial balanoe for February.
I notice their Accounts Payable are considerable; that is, it is
about $12,000.00 over and above the Storage Battery Oo. , and what this
represents I have not the least idea, unless it is the Machinery & Tools,
Plant, etc,
1 notice that they owe Mr, "Edison $2871.69; do you know what this
represents? 1 do not Bee how they can be indebted to him, but assume thd
It must be something made for thorn at the Laboratory.
Have all the accounts been paid that are due, and how do the. ac¬
counts stand at the present time, that is, up to what date are they paid?
I notice they owe the Edison Phonograph Works $278.79; oan you tell
me what this "represents?
They owe the l>, J. & Pa. Con, Works $222.88} what 13 this?
5/16/06.
W. E. Silmore.
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Universally beloved by the American people, it seems but fitting
that this memorial should be situated at Washington, the centre of the
Nation, Long ago England enshrined his bust in Westminster Abbey.
Can we do less than place a worthy statue at our Capital!
President Roosevelt, in a letter to our Association, says, "We
Americans owe it to ourselves that there should be a suitable memorial
to him at the National Capital.”
The Government has given our Association a site on Connecticut
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We trust that you will agree with us that this is an appeal that
should receive our recognition, and enclose addressed envelope for
such contribution as you may care to make. Same should be made
payable to Longfellow National Memobial Association, and send
care of J. P. Mobgan & Co., 23 Wall Street, New York, who kindly
consent to act as repository.
Respectfully yours.
SETH LOW
HENRY C. POTTER
MORRIS K. JESUP
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS
WILLIAM REED HUNTINGTON
Mrs. CLARENCE MACKAY
Mrs. ORME WILSON
Mrs. PAYNE WHITNEY
Mrs. HERBERT LIVINGSTON SATTERLEE
THE
LONGFELLOW NATIONAL MEMORIAL
ASSOCIATION
HONORARY REGENT
Hon. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, President of the United States
REGENTS
Hon. GROVER CLEVELAND, Ex-Prcsidcnt of the United Slates
Mr. William Alvokd, San Francisco, Cal. Hon. John A. K,
Prof. PhaNK II. BlOKLOW, Washington, P n »f- " ™ ' .
Very Rev.T. J. Conaty, Washington, D. C.
Dawks, Chicago, III.
OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION
Gkn. ADOLPHUS W. GREELY, U
BRAINARD II. WARNER
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
ALEXANDER MACK AY-SMITH JOHN JOY KDSON
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[ENCLOSURE]
,y\^e>'M 3$// -oett/wev>f<
B-D ^/avM%£'J jmjg 15th, 1906.
Mr. W.E. Gilmore,
Gen'l Mgr., Edison Phonograph Works,
Orange U.J,
Pear Sir:-
Your letter of May 10th received
morning, having been reforwarded from Europe where it
was sent in attached envelope, addressed to Samuel In-
sull Sr., London England.
I note that you state that Mr. Edison will
guarantee the credit of the Edison Storage Battery Oo.
and the Edison Chemical Works so far as the payment for
coal is concerned. However, in my letter of May 2nd,
I advised you that it was against the policy of the Com¬
pany to issue monthly credit and asked you if a smaller
amount semi-monthly would not answer your purpose.
Please advise if a semi-monthly credit of
$400.00 account of the above concerns will be sufficient
credit, and oblige.
by me this
[ENCLOSURE]
General Manager. '
June 18, 1906.
Erie Railroad Company,
G. A. Bergen, Esq., A. G. E. A.,
Dear Sir:
11 Broadway, Hew York.
I am in receipt of your favor of the 15th, and I am more than
surprised to learn that the letter intended for you , written under date
of May 10th, was by' mistake dent abroad. I have been unable to discover
how this mistake occurred, but regret exceedingly that there has been such
a long delay.
The proposition as outlined in your communication is entirely satis¬
factory to us, and I have so advised the Treasurer of tile corap any, I
feel satisfied that payments will meet with your entire approval.
Yours very truly,
WEG/iw General Manager.
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2 TALKING MACHINE JOBBERS
HOUSTON, TEXAS,Juno g^A , 06
ilr. Thomas A. Edison,
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t rrVfctad in tarpon t
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.ailing /
r0ur attention to the celebrated fishing grounds
ith of Houston, Texas, at Tarpon, Corpus Christ!
will he delighted to
Very respectfully youri
Texas Dealers Supplied with Edison Phonographs and Zonophone Talking Machines at Factory Discounts.
[ENCLOSURE]
Texas Phonograph Company
|%| TALKING MACHINE JOBBERS^]
1019 Caiitoi. Avknuk
HOUSTON, TEXAS,
TUTTLE’S RECORD
IN TWO DAYS OUT
Caught Nearly Half a Ton of Fish.
Doings at Tarpon.
Texas Dealers Supplied with Edison Phonographs and Zonophone Talking Machines at Factory Discounts.
The moat serious question comes up in regard to
phonograph records and perforated mueie rolls — I be¬
lieve General Griffin's interest is in some concern
which manufactures the latter for the mechanical piano
men. When Sousa writes and copyrights & new piece . and.,
hie creation is played through your inve ntion f tlEw
his genius as well as your genius should be recognised
by the public by some fair payment of royalty to each!
This' means of course thajf- on phonograph records as well
air on a printed sheet of music or on a book or on an in¬
candescent laq> or on a phonograph, there should be a
payment to the creator proportioned to the service ren¬
dered and the proper prioe of the produot. Moreover, it
should be to the interest of the legitimate manufac¬
turers of phonographs and phonographic cylinders or discs
to have a proper arrangement with composers as well as
with executants so that their investments should not be
cribbed by the "pirates". I am meaning to send you
presently a note of the argument which 1 am meaning to
make before the Congressional committee, and I should be
glad to have your view before presenting it.
I ask your attention specially to what I have
said regarding the verses which I phonographed without
handwriting or typewriting for the menu at your birthday
dinner.
I wonder if you have been "seeing snakes” by the
million at your Florida snake establishment during the
year. I have h great desire to visit that part of the
country and penetrate into the wilds of Okeechobee, as I
heard you did.
Truly yours,
if). Q. (Qo'WfaX'v
"Glendale Outlook", Glendale, Mass.
My dear Idison:
While writing you on the other matter
it oooure to me to ask you to pass on to the proper
people this inquiry as to an equipment of your storage
battery for a country place such as mine. Bergnann, when
I last saw him, was very enthisiastio about your battery
for house use because it avoided fumes, and I have not
understood why it has not been on the market.
I wonder if you have heard anything of the Dynel-
ectron, an endeavor after direct production somewhat on
the Jacques scheme, which seems to have been run rather .cm
a fake^ stock-jobbing plan than to legitimate ends.
I wrote Gilmore a good while ago as to purchasing
one of those new-type phonographs which your phonograph
company was just develpping at the time of the dinner,
one of which was loaned me for the verses, but I never
got any very definite reply.
Truly yours,
( 0, 1 O. Gi/vVW
"Glendale Outlook", Glendale, Mass.
High Grade
AlVTOMflMMllBS*
Mr. Thomas A, Edison,
Boar sir;—
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yrl *Vfe> that we !--
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was taken out Of the "Boston __
aooordanoe with Mr. Baohma^t l2uni^^to" usltf ja&'
will also note that the fact that yon are taking along wlfh yon on yonr
touring trip two White steamers is very good advertising^^ that oon-
oorn, and the words "White Steamers" seem to predominate, especially it
woald seem so to the antomobile enthusiast.
WO have on one or two previous odd salons asked you for a
photograph of yonrBelf in the oar or aOme little word of reference as
to our oar's ability. At the time the writer Was at your laboratory
we believe that you stated that if the oar proved all that you antici¬
pated, or even as we represented it to you, that we would receive from
you some word of encouragement as tp using your honorable name aB a
name for reference. we hardly think that you Would be one who Would
he partial and give the White oonoem any more liberties to use your
name than you would our oonoem, tor this, reason we are taking the
matter up with you at this time and would be very grateful for any
little favor that you might give us in the reepeot that yon would be
willing that we should use towards advancing the sale of our oars.
We sincerely trust that you will think favorable of this
ESTABLISHED 1800.
//^ f/icfirsl/'hctor)' in lhe Occidents aru/
Manufacturers of
High Grade
Tours reepeotfally,
(front Blotters Automobile Company,
light request, and we remain,
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C. S. WARNER
Customs ©rote anti ©ortoarto
Offices :
31 and 33 CLIFTON AVENUE
SELL 'PHONE) LONG DISTANCE . . .
Niagara Falls, Ont. (Canada)
Niagara
falls is
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The FOLLOW
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July 28,1906.
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that you will on the 1st. prox. commence an auto¬
mobile trip fhcfl'udingssome portions of Canada.'
You are probably aware that the Canadian
Government require from all U.S. citizens touring
Canada, a bond given in conjunction with two approv¬
ed Canadians. I desire to say that X am in a
position to supply the requisite bondsmen and to
arrange all matters so that you will not be delayed
at the frontier. Buffalo is mentioned as one of
the States which you intend to visit, and under these
circumstances.it will be a simple matter for you to
cross the border (in the first instance at least) at
Niagara Falls.
If yon will kindly fill in and return to
me the enclosed form I will have evorything in read¬
iness against the time of your .arrival. Should
there be more than one car please bear in mind that
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Orange, H.J.
My dear sir:
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I enclose a copy of a pauer. read to my ccAleague at
i~~ — . L*rz~'f< \t </ «•*-« V*.
'• Horton, at the recent nesting ip XEthaoa of th-a^Amer-
c<y— .<• Q-o c<mrX e£~«rt-C
■""" int oipSoionop, before Section I. It
'tT’tkf p-VnnJof w«w,
Vale, Prof,
lean Assoc, for the Advancemen^t_~o)
was voted by the Section that I
i its chairman should^ppoint i
committee to consider the best methods of keeping alive the subject
of Prof. Norton's paper and working toward the objects named in it.
I am writing to ask if you would let me put your name upon tills com¬
mittee.
It is intended that the committee shall be a representative
one, of some hundred members, and shall include officers of the
various existing hygienic associations, such as the American Medical
Assoc., the Hat. Assoc, for the Study & Prevention of Tuberculosis,
etc. , as well as some of the local boards of health, representative
physiologists, hygienists, and sociologists who are interested in
those problems of reform in labor and industry which border on the
physiological. It is not expected that all the members of this large
committee shall do active work, and their influence will be chiefly
of a moral nature, by lending their names to aid in the movement.
The actual work will necessarily be done by a small sub-committee.
I have already on the committee over a score of names, includ¬
ing Dr. William H. Welch of Johns Hopkins, and Pres, of the American
Assoc, for the Advancement of Science, Dr. Simmons, Sec. American
Medical Assoc., Dr. 33. L. Trudeau of Saranac Lake, Prof. Parrand,
Sec. Hat. Assoc, for the Study & Prevention of Tuberculosis,
Prof. Chittenden, Director of tlie Slieffield Scientific School of
Yale, President G. Stanley Hall of Clark University, Mr. Luther
Burbank of Santa Rosa, Dr. Cressey L. Wilbur, Bureau of Vital Statis¬
tics, U.S. Census Office, Dr. H. W. V/iloy, Bureau of Chemistry,
U.S. Dept, of Agri . , Dr. L. 0. Howard, Bureau of Entomology, Mr.
John Graham Brooks, Pres. Hat. Consumers' League, Rev. Josiali strong,
Pres. Am. Inst, of Social Service, Mr. John Mitchell, Rev. Lyman
Abbott of the "Outlook," Archbishop Ireland, Miss Grace Dodge,
Mr. Booker T. Washington of Tuskeegee, etc.
Hoping that you will let me add your name to the list, I am
Very truly yours,
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Vs. JU.
>-<U
'gafc Untfcewrtfj)
©cphrfmenf of (pofiftchf (Bconomg
®eto JEjftben, Conn.
September 24, 1906.
Hr. Thomas A. Edison; ■
Orange, New Jersey.
My dear Sir:- jf
Yours of September 17th accepting a/plaoe on the
Committee of the American Association for the ^dvancement of
Science appointed to consider the best ways and means of se¬
curing a national department of health has epme duly to hand.
I am very glad to know that you will come in and help us .
It will not be necessary that you should do any active work
if you have not the time.
M. J. RUSSELL,
W Mr, Thorna
Mr, Thomas Alva Edison,
Orange ,N,.T
CASTLEWOOD, S. D., Dot, I th,l900;
XKJQSXX
My Dear: fiir;-
Prrmit me to address you .concerning a discovery which I have
made .believing that such will be or interesy to you, and per chanc
of profit also, I here inclose a specimen of it .believing .that if
such leads to profit to you, that you will share the same with me.
Inclosed is a sample .which is a feather from the neck of a
Pr&rie Chicken, ( back of the eyes ) inclosed within two card boards,
which in looking through the fearher at the sun light produces
an X Ray.
Nov: , X would like to have you examine this discovery of mine >■
thoroughly .and write me concerning the ffiame.
Enclosed .also are several feathers , which 1 believe are pluck
Qd. cM
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Hew York, Oot. 9,1906
Ur. T* J. Foster, President,
International Correspondence Schools,
Scranton, Pa.
Hear Sir:-
I regret that a previous engagement prevents my
acceptance of your kind invitation of the - instant, to
visit Scranton on the fifteenth Anniversary of the Inter.-;,
national Correspondence Schools.
Although I cannot he present at your exercises,
it is a pleasure for me to assure you of my familiarity
with your great and deserving educational work.
Therefore, please accept my congratulations on
the successful outcome of your past fifteen .years, of labor,
and my most sincere wi shes' f or& continuants tsS prosperity
and public appreciation of the. Jn-t^ernational Correspondence
Schools.
Respectfully,
piano-player Hon . Thomas A I3dioon,Rr, 6 J.Q0
"ZZZZrr Orange H. J. vyJ"^Lli
uy near sin- \ '
"ZXllZZr Knovmlng that you have one of our Motor
FLEXIBLE |
fingers Lyraphonis in your Home, I take the liberty to address
hum a^n^t ouch in r<5g;RrflB its condition. If it haB given you entire
c°NTn°L satisfaction, and of it has not we should be only to
b.ss and treble, glad to remedy the same. I take great pleasure in sending
"k"d‘e«°t To“'° !',°u blue prints of our interior player mechanism, which
— can be operatored either pedals or Motor. The same can be
.... t. apju.t. incorporated in your Plano without any trouble, of course
_ the Piano would have to be sent to our factory, where we
^ ^ would put in our player and return the same to you. I am
sure you would be more than pleased with its operation and simplicity of
construction.The results that can be obtained are far more greater than
with the outside player. Hoping you will favor us with an early reply.
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C\' Oo toiler 19, 1906.
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Menlo Park,
Dear Sir:
The writer saw
during the past summer iri'WEich you e
t - - _ , —
prest a great interest in the experiments which) I have .been
\lv^. Uv *) L^T'L-CXj L\~ Oa U-
oarrying on with regard to the availability off potdsh in
f el$spathic rocks ks a result of fine grinding.
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are Quoted as having ex- •
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In the course of m/ inv^rtig
rtigation I have come up
against a difficulty ^whioh I would bespeak your aid and ad¬
vice. The rook powders that I have been working on have
been crushed fine enough to pass mainly thru a/ 200-mesh
Bieve which, as you know, is the finest standard sieve ob¬
tainable. These powders however contain particles of all
degrees of fineness, from the largest of particles which
passed the mesh down to what might be termed ultimate par¬
ticles. There is no known method of laboratory separation
or sizing of fine particles of this description except the
methods of water elutriation. These methods are manifestly
unBuited to this work. What I sun after then is a laboratory
method of separating the very finest particles from the
ooarser ones in a 200-mesh rock powder. Some method of
either vacuum or pressure pneumatic separation might be
adapted to the work, hut it has occurred to me that possibly
static separation would he possible. If I am not asking too
much, would you he good enough to give me your advice on this
subject. You will understand, of course, that I am not work¬
ing for any private end for all of the results are given out
freely.
Hoping that I may hear from you, I remain,
Very respectfully,
Assistant Director.
HENRY OLMSTED & SONS
ARCHITECTS
SURVEYING ENGINEERING LANDSCAPING
Specialty: Development of Estates and Suburban Property
Main- Oeeioe, 187 Montague: St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Wiu,iamsbur6 (B’klynI Oeeioe, 772 Broadway
S' Branch Oeeioe, Railroad Avenue, Pkekport, lb. I.
Hemy'Olmsted Jr.
X <**y***Z Freeport^ L. I. Nov. 10*
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There was brough^ tojmjr attent^ a^ar^ioU^Ush^^the N.Y.
"World" of Sunday Oct. 21.06, written tiy Mr. J.H. Adams purgjbrtiti^j^e a
conversation had with you in which is mentioned a pi<oddct of youtfcal fed
"Hydraulic. Cement,'7 likewise the article mentions that you have perfected
molds, machines or plans and designs whereby this cement may be used
successfully to construct small cottages for workmen etc. at very low cost
and erected within about two weeks time and occupied within three weeks time.
if as stated yoi
cement per day s
,re o.tilding a plai
l further if your :
iut 10,000 barrels of your
issary to erect about 100
Our family are well known in the landscaping , engineering,
architectural and building fields. You will perhaps recall the late Fr
Law Olmsted, of brook 1 ine , landscape architect, and doubtless have heard
of another cousin, (Jol. A. E. Olmsted, first division engineer of the N.Y.
Subway etc. Personally I am one of the Stanton Realty Uo. and layiig
out large tracts of land into beautiful residence parks, developing and
designing and building the houses etc. Am also developing land for the
O.L.Schwencke Land and Improvement Uo. of H.Y.Uity.
I favor ceuent buildings and will use soon large quantlti&a of
so shall appreciate any curtesy you can now extend to me. <5^^ (/
Very truly, voiles', '//
Contracting Engineer.
7* Gardner fit., Allston, (Boston) Hass.,
November fiftth, 1906.
Hon. Thoms A. Bd'son, ^ £* ivu^Jk* o. &*d u-v*r»v.
Orange, H. ,T. W - .{***4 - ^J^***,
My ^ *«- o sr£ ^ ^4^±] ~ t'
As the ’outlier and owner of th<fuionorete apartment
house illustrated in the November issue of Jponorote" published
in Detroit, T beg to say that I haye heard • tokens HiEnr-
you have been making some interesting experiments on oomrete
construct! on; and, as I have under contemplation the erection
of some 40. or no single dwellings of concrete the coming
Spflrng(*Krtbeg to inquire whether the result of your experiments
have been such that you are now ready to recommend them for
practical operations. Tr. my opinion, the monolithic construction
is far preferable to blocks, but up to the present time the cost
•of cribbing, for light. walls suitable for dwellings, makes it
prohibitive, especially where dwellings of moderate cost are
under consideration.
If you have anything to say to me along these
lines T should be very glad Indeed to hear from; and thanking
Very respectful!;
I an: making a study of the copper ores of Mew Jersey for the
State Geological Survey, and should be glad to have any available inform¬
ation that you may be willing to give in regard to the prospecting that
was done some years ago near Menlo Park. I have understood that you had
the work done. Any information as to percentage of copper found, what copper¬
bearing minerals, what other minerals associated with them, and their
modes of occurrence and relations in the rocks, will be very gratefully
received. The object is to arrive at as full an understanding of the
nature and origin of these ores throughout the state as possible, and any¬
thing that will aid in this will be highly appreciated. Such information
will be withheld from publication, if desired.
Thanking you for your kindness in this matter, I am,
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[ENCLOSURE]
THE EDISON & SWAN UNITED ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY,
LIMITED.
DIRECTORS.
HENRY WOLFENDEN, Esqre., Chairman.
E. B. ELLICE-CLARK, Esqre., M.Inst.C.E.
Sir JOSEPH WILSON SWAN, D.Sc., F.R.S.
TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT.
• For the Business Year Ending 30TH June, 1906.
1. — The Directors submit herewith the Report and Accounts for the year
ending 30th June, 1906.
2. — The Net Revenue Account shows that the sum of £53,7og igs. id. has
been brought forward from Profit and Loss Account.
3. — Interest on Debenture Stocks has absorbed ^"iS, 730 4s. 8d.; £11,000 os. od.
has been set aside as Depreciation on Freehold and Leasehold Property, Plant,
Machinery and Tools; £1,507 11s. od. has been applied in writing down values
of Stocks ; and the sum of £1,321 14s. 7d. has been reserved on account of Bad and
Doubtful Debts.
An amount of £5,000. has been placed to. ju. Reserve Fund . . —
4. — The result as shown in the Net Revenue Account is a Credit Balance
of £18,150 8s. iod., to which must be added the sum of £6,834 I4S- id- brought
forward from the previous year, thus making a total of £24^85 2s. nd., out
of which the Directors recommend the payment of a Dividend for the year on
the A Shares at the rate of four and one-sixth per cent, (being 4s. 2d. per fully
paid A Share and 2s. 6d. per part paid A Share), amounting to £i5,Q7S 5s. od.,
leaving a sum of £g,oo6 17s. nd. to be carried forward.
[ENCLOSURE]
5- — During the year £8,381 of this Company's Debenture Stocks hav<) been
purchased and cancelled, resulting in a profit of £1,069 is. id. in addition to that
shewn in paragraph 2. This amount has been appropriated as a Reserve against
Stock Depreciation.
6. — Cost of establishing the Business, . Goodwill, &c., £443,451 8s id., as
per last Balance Sheet, has been reduced by £53,019, being the amount written off
the B Shares during the year.
v _ -■ The Freehold and Leasehold Property, Plant, and Machinery have also
been brought forward at the value-stated in the last Balance Sheet, with the
addition of the amount expended to 30th June, 1906, less Depreciation charged in
Net Revenue Account.
7- — There has been expended on Capital during the year ending 30th June,
i9o<5, £7,439 18s. 3d.
8- — The Shares of the Altrincham Electric Supply, Limited, have been taken
at par, as in previous years. This concern continues to show satisfactory
progress, having this year, for the first time, paid a Dividend on its Shares.
Its indebtedness to this Company has been reduced during the year by
£1, 864.12s. 5d.
9. — Mr. Henry Wolfenden retires in rotation, and offers himself for
re-election.
10. Messrs. Welton, Jones & Co., the Auditors, offer themselves for
re-election.
By order of the Board,
H. CHARLES GOVER,
3<5 & 37> Queen Street, London, E.C.
[ENCLOSURE]
[ENCLOSURE]
THE EDISON & SWAN UNITED ELECTRIC
LICHT COMPANY, LIMITED.
TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT
AND ACCOUNTS,
For the Year ending 30th June , 1906.
NOTICE IS IIEUEUY GIVEN that tho
Twenty-third Ordinary General erecting of the
Shareholders will bo livid at Winchester Mouse,
Old Broad Street, London, E.C., on Thursday*
the eleventh day of October, 1000, at twelve o'clock
noon, to transact tho Ordinary Business of the
Company.
Tho Transfer Books of the Compnny wilt be |,
closed from 'Friday, the twenty-eighth day of \
September, 1900, to Thursday, the oloventh day of }
October, 100G, both days inclusive. j
Ediswan Buildings,
[ENCLOSURE]
THE! EDISOiT & SWAM ELECTRIC LIGHT
CO. LTE.
UE'.IOE&IHiUS
arc to Capital of Company.
-f^
VU1U.UUI1, -
I enclose memorandum which Mr Lark has made for me upon
the position of the Edison & Swan Shares which I hope will give you
the particulars you require. The net result is that the "B" Shares
have now been written down to a nominal value of 5/- each, but of
/>
course their actual value may be either more or less than this.
Lawrance Webster Messer & Co.
14, Old Jewry Chambers. E.C
[ENCLOSURE]
BOTE:- Evidently the "S" shares are part of the consideration
issued to the Vendor - with the exception of 5/- a share
the nominal amount of these shares have been written off
as not being represented by available assets.
^ _
THE EDISOB & S’ffAH UBITED ELECTRIC LIGHT CO LTD.
T2ie nominal Capital of the Company as original Informed'
was £1,000,000 divided into 150,000 "A" shares and 50,000 "B"
shares both of £5 each. By Resolutions passed in May 1904
and confirmed by the Court in July 1904 the Capital was reduced
to the extent of £53,910 by writing off £2. 10. 0 from the
nominal and paid up amount of each of 23564 "B" shares, and in
October 1905 resolutions were passed to further reduce the
Capital to £388,071 by writing off £2. 5. 0 from the nominal
and paid up amount of each of the 25564 "B" shares before
mentioned, so that as regards these 25564 "B" shares the whole
nominal amount thereof has been written off with the exception
of 5/- per share. j
On the 7th March 1906 upon the hearing of a petition
presented to the Court by the Company coming on before Mr Justice
Vfarrington and being unopposed the Court sanctioned the proposed
reduction. j
The authorised capital as it now stands of the Company is
£941,090 divided into 150,000 "A" shares of £5 each 26456 "B"
sh"^es'I,,o?^5''’e’ach“iE& '£5564, ":"B"' "shares" ’of -6/i«ea»hv>
The following amounts have been issued:-
£640,910 in 99,261 "A" shares, ITos 1-99261, £5 paid
and 17139 Bos 01-017139 fully paid; and the before
mentioned 25564 "B" shares of 5/- fully paid.
In August 1895 it was resolved "that from the amount i
I
declared as available for dividend' (including any amount with- 1
drawn from reserve for equalisation of dividends) there shall be
(1)
[ENCLOSURE]
first set aside a sum equal to a preferential cumulative dividend
of 7 per cent per annum on the "A" shares. Out of the sum so
set. aside there shall be paid on the "A" Shares (1) a emulative
dividend of 5 per cent per annum on the amount paid or credited
as Paid, and (2) a further cumulative dividend of 2 per cent per
annum provided that for this purpose no "A" Share shall be deemed
to have paid' upon it more than is paid on the partly paid "A"
Shares. Any balance of the sum so set aside shall be carried
on to the Reserve Fund.
Any residue of the ameunt declared' to be available for
dividend will be applied in payment of dividends pari passu on
the "A" and "B" Shares but for this purpose the amounts to be
deemed paid up on the "A" Shares shall be ascertained as in the
case of (3). In the event of winding-up the "A" Shares would
be first entitled to repayment of Capital and to any arrears of
dividend; any surplus a,ssets would be divided in the proportion
of three-fourths to the "A" shares and one-fourth to the "B"
Shares. In the original Edison Company, Mr Edison was entitled
to a deferred interest after the "A" Shareholders had received a
dividend. This right was partly reserved to him in the United
Company so that for every £15 of paid up Capital (either original
or increased) Mr Edison is entitled to £5 in "B" Shares."
25, 564 "B" Shares have so far been allotted in this manner
and are the numbers before mentioned.
The twenty- third' ordinary general meeting of the Share¬
holders of the Company was held on the 11th October 1906 at
which the Chairman in referring to the Balance Sheet pointed
out that no change was shewn in the "A" capital but that the "B"
Shares were now written down to 5/- per share each, reducing
this capital to £5891 the difference of £55019 being written off
the cost of establishing the business, goodwill & c.
[ENCLOSURE]
UNDERGROUND ELECTRIC RAILWAYS COMPANY OF LONDON, LIMITED.
IF THE SECRETARY.
“UNDERNEATH, LONDON?
HAMILTON HOUSE,
VICTORIA EMBANKMENT,
London, e.c . u ov « 23 rd - 1906 •• .
E.H. JchnaonEaeq.,
Great Central Hotel,
Marylehone Road, M.W.
My dear Mr. Johnson,
Enclosed I beg to hand you letter from Mr. Morris of
Ae burst worris & Crlpps together with copy of the Minute referred
to. It would appear that the B Shares will h$. wiped out entirely
within a year ofc two.
Please treat the enclosed information as confidential.
Yours sinoerely,
CV)
[ENCLOSURE]
Dear Mr.Mandellok,
I received your letter of the 15th. inst. with reference to
the Edison & Swan B Shares. This matter is attended to by one of my
Partners, and I know nothing about it personally , but I have obtained
and send you herewith the Minutes, approved by the Gour^of the reduc¬
tions of the capital effected in 1904 and 1906.
X understand that there is a possibility of still more
drastic steps to be taken with regard to the B Shares, but nothing
has been actually done up to the present.
W.E.MANDELICK Es%
[ENCLOSURE]
MINUTE approved by the Court by
Order dated 6th. March 1906.
The capital of the Edison & Swan United Electric Light
Company Ltd. and Reduoed henceforth is £888, 071. divided
into 150,000 A Shares of £5 each 26436 B Shares of £5 each
and 23564 B Shares of s|- each instead of the former capital
of £941,090 divided into 150,000 A Shares of £5 each 26,436
B Shares of £5 each and 23564 B Shares of £2.10|- each.
At the time of the registration of this Minute 116,400
of the said A Shares numbered as hereinafter mentioned and
23564 of the said B Shares (numbered as hereinafter men¬
tioned) have been issued and the following amounts are to
be deemed to have been paid up on the same respectively upon
of the ">26^A Shares numbered in the Register of the Com¬
pany from 1^99,261 inclusive the sum of £3 upon each of
the M%499 A Shares numbered 01 to 017,139 in the said Reg¬
ister the whole amount thereof upon each of the said 23564
B Shares numbered in the said Register from to B. 23564
inclusive the sum of 5| —
The remainder of the capital is unissued
[ENCLOSURE]
MINUTE approved by the Court by Order dated 26th. July 1906.
The Capital of the Edison and Swan United Electric Light
Company Limited and Reduced henceforth is £941,090 divided
into 150,000 A shares of £5 each 26,436 b shares of £5 each
and 23564 b sharesof £2.10.0 each instead of the Original
Capital of £l. 000, 000 divided into 150,000 A shares of £5
each and 50,000 B shares of £5 each.
At the time of the registration of this minute 116,400
of the said A shares and 23,564 of the B shares have been
paid up on the same respectively upon each of the 99,261 A
shares numbered in the Register of the Company from 1 to
99,261 inclusive the sum of £3 upon each of the 17,139 A :
shares numbered 01 to 017,139 in the said Register the whole
mount thereof upon of the said 23,564 B-shares unumber¬
ed in the said Register from B1 to B23,564 inclusive the sum
of £2.10.0
The remainder of the Capital .is unissued.
H. J.HOOD
Register.
Companies ( winding up ) .
NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH. COMPANY.
H'
3)o c . 4,1 90.6 .
S’rank J',., Dyer, ,
Omngp , K. «T.
Dear Sir;
In .c onnection with tho proponed change in . the oopyrii-ht
law, aritj v/hioii io now under cor; sida/ration by the author! t, lor. at.
■Warihingi.on, I c.!"': you balow tho pay-rolls of tho combinod Edison
Interests located :-t our plants hero at 'that 0 ranee, It. ■/., for the
different ye urn ending February 28, 169.5, up to and including
^February 2fi, 1906:
1895,
1896,
1897 ,
3.898,
1899,
1900,
1901,
1902,
1903,
1904,
1905,
1906,
$ 67,475.91
' 49,101.81
56,774.23
98,096.08
813,807.29
365,990.79
474,762.83
516,719.65
678,402.70
923,162.56
082,686.12
1,292,098. 57.
I \70uld also aay that the pay-rollu at the present time of the
combined. lildioon interests aiiount to §47,464.83 for one week, arid the
"total number of employees at the .prooeut time io 4,137 pooplu.
I would also add in this connection that tho total . investments
of. the "ndi^on iriterooto located here or in this immediate vicinity
amount .to $1,45B,888. 56. '
Yours very truly.
ma/m
President.
which I intended to hand you before, hut it was mislaid.
It relates to the Recording Telephone. Personally, I think
it is a hold-up, because I imagine that Mr, Hammer was suffi¬
ciently Indebted to Mr. Edison ao not to feel that he could
charge as heavily as against his regular clients. However,
he does not seem to feel this way, and i therefore promptly
broke off all dealings with him when J found out what his
attitude was. Mr, Hammer claims to have spent two days time
on the case in New York, searching through his records, etc,
and I suppose that is so. He gave me a good deal of informa¬
tion which I was able to make use of.
Yours very truly,
PLD/AHK. -7^
December 19, 1906.
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To William J. Hammer,
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question in the construction oT the new a^.g trio lighting plant in
Orange, whether iron or wooden poles shall he used for street construe
tion. There appears to he a difference in opinion as to whether the
construction by the use of iron poles car|bemade entirely safe, this
being the only argument I have heard advanced for the suggestion of
putting up another forest of wooden poles throughout the city in the
My interest in this subject is limited to a desire that
all such improvements may be made in accordance with the rules of civic
betterment, and it has seemed to me that the use now of wooden poles
for such a construction in a residence and business centre like Orange,
would be a retrograde step from every standpoint, uhless the wooden
poles are a necessity in the matter of safety.
As from your thorough grasp and expert knowledge of the
whole subject of electricity, I should very much appreciate a line from
to your point of view in this matter i
f much appreciate a line- from
? as to the use of iron poles
Wishing you the compliments of the season, and all the-
1906. Edison, T.A. - Employment (D-06-09)
This folder contains correspondence from or about employees and
prospective employees. There are also letters soliciting Edison's opinion
regarding former employees seeking positions elsewhere. Most of the
correspondence consists of requests for employment at the West Orange
laboratory, some in answer to newspaper advertisements. Among the items for
1906 are drafts of help-wanted advertisements; a statement of services for
October 1906 by attorney Delos Holden; and an undated "Constitution of the
Muckers of Edison Laboratory" describing the composition of a self-styled
association of Edison laboratory employees. A statement of company payrolls
for the years 1895-1906 can be found in D-06-06 (Edison, T.A. - General).
Approximately 5 percent of the documents have been selected. The
items not selected consist primarily of requests for employment at the West
Orange laboratory. Some of them contain perfunctory Edison marginalia.
Several examples of such requests have been selected.
NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CD.
. - ORANGE, N.J.
ib & CdVsoru, EDISON PHONOGRAPHS & RECORDS.
"ZYMOTIC, NEW YORK"
Mr. X. E. Randolph,
lab oratory.
Dear Sir:
AL\AAao^0ivi/O
The advertisement for Mr. Edison which we placed in ye&^erday/s
Herald and Y/orld passed through the Lord Advertising Agency, who handle!*
our account and thus came to the knowledge of Mr. V'eiss,one of their
stenographers. Mr. Weiss had a cousin who was looking for an opportunity
of this kind and ho is taking the liberty of making an application
through us, supposing that the opening was in the Rational Company.
In laying this application before Mr. Edison will you kindly explain how
the application came to be made in this way ?
Very truly yours ,
Manager, Advertising Department.
K. ',Tc lern, Esq.,
210 V. 57th St. ,
Hew York.
Bear Sir:
Replying to yours of recent date in answer to my add in the
Hew York Herald, wish to say that the work for which position is
open is , experimental at my laboratory and would ask what salary
you desire per week?
Yours truly,
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Mr. Wastes:
Referring to the attached papers showing the indebtedness of
the late W. S, Rogue to the National Phonograph Co. Of §779.53 and
indebtedness to the Edison Jffg. Co. of §521.45, after duly considering
this matter X have decided that this should be written off to profit and
loss.
9A3/O6. w. E. Gilmore.
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John E. Randolph, Esq.,
Orange, New Jersey.
Dear Sir: —
The proportionate charge for my services for
the month of October, 1906, which has been debited to Mr.
Edison, should be distributed as follows:
looking up points of law in Polyform suit - 75^
Amending patent application on "Means for
controlling the feed apparatus of
Grinding Machines" - 25^
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CONSTITUTION 0? TEE MUfiKERS Of
EDISON LiVBORATQpy^
Preamble -
$
In order that y;e may .add a hit of the spice of life to -the
muck- we make, we do here and now hand ourselves tp©ethe.r under the
name of "The Muckers of Edison Laboratory" with the avowed .purpose of
holding certain meetings of aiverous sorts at ■various times, "in sundry
planes and at such meetings conducting ourselves in a manner productive,
of jollity and of good friendliness. Por the proper governing of *'
this Society we dp adopt ag)d ,pg,nee t.o enforce the followin'* cchstitu-
tion: •
. UWjj’I OtiR S !
A Art. 1, Sec.,1. The officers of the Muc?:ers snail, consist of
Chief Mucker,/ a Secretary a Treasurer.
' 'Art. 1, S.ec.2. -Hvc-oth-i-ee-of-Shief Mucker shall fall tp -the
senior memher—reiijaan^ng- at—tlie-E'ah ,
Art ,/i ,^SecrS The"]0f f ice s of S^ne^ry ahd X'-eascrer shall '
fall to tho Be ,-Mu'cker s who /shall he u^i^h.^ously eshosen to fill the res¬
pective positions/
Art. 1, See. 4, The term of office of the Chief I.Ivkor shall
continue until he leaves the employ of the laboratory, out if he he
away upon laboratory business his chair. shall be temporarily filled
by that Mucker of the next higher .hurnber remaining' fit* the., lab.
Art. 1, See. 5, The. _term-cf- of floe of both the .Ip nre*tar y-aaiU-
• Treasurer shall- cnn.tinue'-until a successor be unanimously elected.
■ DUTIES OP OPPICERS: ,
Art. 2, Seo.l, It shall be the duty of the Sh.ief Mucker to
call all meetings of the Muckers at such times and at such daces and
for such purposes as he finds agreeable to the Muckers. It* snail be his'''
.duty to preside at all meetings, to preserve such decorum :.s iio thinks
appropriate to the occasion, to order what refr eshnentrs he deems proner
and the Treasury will permit. It shall be his duty, to ep point .'.11 ‘
committees not otherwise provided for and to instruct the.; an their
duties.
w-.s Li Art. 2, Tec, 2 , It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep
V ^“j/as strict and accurate account of the proceedings ."Jid incidents of each
\ -meeting as Providence shall permit and to be prepared to read these
minutes at the next succeeding meeting in intelligible English, It
shall also be the duty of the Secretary to write any oo/w nieaJions
necessary under instruction of the Chief ’.-tucker or of the Muckers .in
meeting assembled.
Art. 2, Sec. 3, It Shall be the duty of tjfis Treisrrer to
collect by maral suasion or otharwiae all moneys divte tc tee Treasury ate.
to keep a strict and accurate acooimt Of -the same And to pay out such
moneys as he shall be instructed uo pay by the Chief Mucker* or by spec¬
ial action of the Muckers in meeting assembled and to keep as strict
and accurate account of the same and of the purposes for vkicM they
••• ..were paid out a§ bid internal qendition and external ourrounclijigc vri.ll
and to report same both to the Secretary in writing after '.-act .'
. ( iaa-etihs- a.nd to .the Muckers on’ -.demand*
Tim or }D33!! TINS :
Art. 3, Sec.l, Meetings of the Mucker s shall "be held,
(1st) ’‘Then called by the Chief Mucker for transaction of business.
(2nd) V/hen a candidate is to he initiated.
(3rd) v/hen a Mucker returning to the Lab. after an extended absence so
desires.
(4th) Any old time.
DUTIES AID PWIWrES Or ML13EF.S:
It shall he the duty of "all Muckers to so conduct them¬
selves at all times and in ail places that they may bring honor and
credit to themselves and to the Muckers, and it shall be their special
duty during all meetings regardless of conditions a- tc tier- a and
place to do and to avoid those things which serve tu distinguish a
Mucker from a mucker - a gentleman from a tin-liorn sport.
It shall he the privilege jf all ; -looker s to rer.est a
meeting of the Muckers at such time, and place as he finds convenient
to -the Muckers, and v/hen such a meeting is called upon the request of
Mucker returning to the Laboratory after an extended absence he may
assume the duties of the Chief Mucker for that meeting, encl all the
rights and privileges of a host; he shill be limited only b- his own
,c,a/pa<jity f(or being a ."good f ellow
MOTTO: - Try Again.
Illegibility, Election of .•’.embers.
'Expulsion. Amendments.
Any “snployee of the Edison Laboratory to whom is intrusted
the carrying on of any series of experiments may be eligible to elec¬
tion to membership in this Society/
To become a member of Ti:» Muckers , a man just first have
been propoeedfor membership by one of the Muckers to the Cr.i«f Mucker,
who will obtain the opinion of each Mucker individually and privately.
If no member is opposed to the proposed new member, lie may be voted upi
at the next meeting. If unanimously elected he may be invited to
become a member.
Amendments to this Constitution may be made only by a
two-thirds vote of all ’die Muckers after having been read and dis¬
cussed at two regularly called meetings of til- Muckers.
Any member whose presence in the Society is thought to be
detrimental to the Society, maybe expelled by a majority vote of the
Muckers.
Ahy members in arrears with his dues shall be deprived of
the privilege of attending any meetings of the Muckers until his dues
are fully paid up.
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1906. Edison, T.A. - Family (D-06-10)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents by and
about Edison's family. Included are letters pertaining to the financial
difficulties of Thomas A. Edison, Jr., and William Leslie Edison. There are
also items concerning Edison's relatives in Ohio and elsewhere, and letters
relating to the payment of Mina Miller Edison's taxes.
All of the documents have been selected.
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Mrs. T. A. Edison,
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De<5r Madam
On October 16th., vie delivered at your residence, in error,
a package weighing 5 pounds from D. Van Nostrand Company, 33 Murray street,
lle> York, 31. Y., consisting of one book, subject," Jumeau Storage Sattery."
This package was addressed to Mr. W. E. Holland, 4 A. Edison, Orange,
N. J. Shipment was receipted for by "Ellen Carr."
Will you kindly advise me when we might have our driver call
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[FROM WILLIAM E. GILMORE]
NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH COMPANY.
Deo. 27, 1906.
John E. Helm, Esq.,
Prudential Building,^
Newark, N. J.
Dear Sir:
Here is the letter from W. B. Clarke, of the Bond &
Mortgage Guarantee Co., NewaYork, that I talked to you about over
the telephone, relative to §75,000.00 mortgage doubtless held by
them on the property No. 10 Eifth Aye. You are to look into this
and let mo know positively Saturday what reply 1 am to make. In
faot, I do not know but that It would be a good plan for you to
take it up personally with Mr. Clarke, and you had better make an
appointment with him so as to disoussthe matter; but do not make¬
file appointment until early in the week, inasmuch as I have written
him that we hoped to advise him fully at that time, as per copy
of letter enclosed herewith.
Yours very truly,
■weg/c m
President .
NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH COMPANY.
Doc. 27, 1906.
Bond & Mortgage , Guarantee Co.,
W; B. Clarke, Esq.,
176 Broadway , How York.
Dear Sira:
Your latter of December 20th, addroaoed to Mrs. Mina
if. EdiBon, oare of this company, Hpw York, has Boon reforrad to
the writer. It misoarriod in some way in the mails and was only
received to-day. I hope to see Mrs. Edison on the subject matter
thereof and will advise you fully early in the ensuing week.
Assuring you that tho matter will have prompt attention,
I am,
Yours very truly,
weg/ivvw
President,
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1906. Edison Manufacturing Company (D-06-17)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
business of the Edison Manufacturing Co. Among the items for 1906 are a
summary of assets and liabilities as of March 1 906, along with routine account
statements, memoranda regarding prices, and correspondence concerning
phonoplex circuits. Only the summary of assets and liabilities has been
selected.
Other items in the Document File relating to the Edison Manufacturing
Co. can be found in D-06-02 (Battery - Primary) and in D-06-24 (Motion
Pictures).
F
THOMAS A. EDISON,
/•RESIDENT.
W. E.GILMpRE,
EDISON MANUFACTURING CD.
MAIN OFFICE AND FACTORY
' ORANGE, N.J.
EDISON PRIMARY BATTERIES AND FAN MDTDR OUTFITS
EDISON FRDJEETINE KINETDSODFES AND FILMS.
W. E. Gilmore, Esq.,
Vice-President ,
Dear Sir:
Orange, N. J.
1 submit herewith statement of the condition of this company
for the fiscal year ending February 28, 1906:
ASSETS
Cash and Accounts & Notes Receivable, $182,557.30
Real Estate Investments, including
buildings and fittings, 54,319.94
Materials — raw, finished stock and work
in processof manufacture, 85,584.96
Miscellaneous, 9,890.90
Total, $332,353.10
LIABILITIES
Accounts Payable, 83,571.97
Total Assets over Liabilities, $248,781.13.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
1906. Fort Myers (D-06-19.1)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
maintenance of Edison's home and property at Fort Myers, Florida. Many of the
letters are by Edison's caretaker, Ewald Stulpner. Included are contracts and
correspondence regarding real estate, water pipes, and dock construction.
Approximately 60 percent of the documents have been selected. The
items not selected consist of draft contracts for construction work and routine
correspondence regarding Stulpner's accounts.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, K.J.
Dear Sir:-
s/s "IROQUOIS" , TRIP 35. Jan. 51st. 1904.
We are in receipt of your favor of Jan. 3rd relative to
hill in the amount of $95.09 covering assessment on shipment of one
electric launch and fittings consigned to you which were on hoard
the above steamer at the time she met with disaster.
Eor your information heg to say, that the steamer "IRO¬
Q.UOIS", on her tripsouth had a fire in her cargo and in order to
extinguish same it was necessary to play water and steam into the
hold of the vessel where the said fire existed, thereby damaging
considerable cargo which was not in itself connected with the fire.
This course of action gave rise to a general average, and according
to the Admiralty Daws governing sea perils of this nature, all
damages, occasioned by water, which was played upon the fire, are
made good by a pro rata assessment, ship, freight and cargo con-
trivuting upon their respective valuations. It is customary in
cases of this nature to take a cash deposit in sufficient amount to
cover any accruing charges owing to general average loss, but in
this instance, as a matter of courtesy on the part of The Clyde Dine
and to save consignees any possible delay, or inconvenience, arising
from the taking of said cash deposit, goods were forwarded to desti¬
nation immediately on arrival.
(T.A.E., 2nd, 1/5/1906.)
In order to satisfy yourself that this 1b a just charge
we would suggest that you consult some competent Admiralty
Attorney, who could put you right in the premises.
Trusting that this matter will receive your early at¬
tention, we beg to remain,
Yours faithfully
Diotated by WHAW/BEE.
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D GEORGETOWN, 8. 0., LINES.
Th New York, January 9, 1900.
i'll o a , A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, IT..T,
Dear Sir:
"IliOCJUOIS" 55, JAN. 30/04.
We have your letter of Sthyelative general average charges on your
shipment oh the above steamer, consigned to 3?t .Myers ,Pla.
The "Iroquois" on this voyage had a fire in her cargo; soul some of
which was destroyed and some damaged by water in extinguishing the
flames.. The expenses or sacrifices resulting from the saving of all
interests are borne by all interests according to the value saved.
It is customary in general average cases to secure an estimated contribu¬
tion from all saved cargo before delivery to consignees and to require
a bond to be signed. to cover any balance that may be found to bq due, but
as this would involve- much delay on interior shipments , we permitted
the goods to go forward, with the idea of subsequently collecting the
amount due. Messrs .tether &Co. acted as adjusters for all parties in the
case, and owing to the immense amount of detail were only recently able
to get out .statement.
The charges for which you were billed by them, $95., Is the pro¬
portion due on your shipment according to the valuation delivered.
Yourp truly,
The Clyde Steamship Company.
m. P. CLYDE * CO., GENERAL AGENTS
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT,
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THIS AGREEMENT entered into this 24th day
of April, 1906, by and between Thomas A. Edison of Orange,
New Jersey, and EvanB & Company of Fort Meyers, Florida;
■WHEREAS the said Edison is desirous of having
an irrigating system by means of pipeB installed on his
nine acre plot opposite his residence at Fort Meyers; and
WhereaB the said Evans & Company are the manufacturers of
conorete pipeB and have facilities for laying the same
and are desirous of installing their system on the property
of the said Edison;
THEREFORE, in consideration of the sum of
one dollar paid by each of the parties to the other, it
is agreed as follows;
The said Evans & Company agree to install a
oomplete Bystem of Concrete Water Pipe, three inches in¬
side diameter and two thousand feet long more or less, upon
said Edison's property; they agree to place the Bame under
ground a depth of not less than two feet, connect up all
the joints properly, and malce such stand pipe connections
as said Edison's overseer, Mr. Stulphner, may direct; and
they agree that after tiie system is complete it shall stand,
for five years, a water pressure due to a height of sixty
feet;
It is understood and agreed that any leakB
due to had workmanship or defective material shall be re¬
paired by the said Evans & Company during the said period
of five years .
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to this ccntraot, by subjecting the system to ths water
pressure aforesaid, the said EvanB & Company shall re¬
ceive and the said Edison shall pay twenty cents ($ .20)
for each foot of pipe so laid oomplete, and two dollars
and fifteen oents($2.15) for each galvanized stand pipe
with brass valve cemented into the c cnorete pipe and ex¬
tending one foot above the ground, Mr. Stulphner to desig¬
nate the number and position of suoh stand (pipes and
oharaoter of the valve and size of pipe.
IN WITNESS WHEREOE, the parties hereto have
executed this agreement in duplicate, on the day and year
first above written.
Witness to signature of
Thomas A. Edison
WitneBB to signature of
Evans & Company.
W2&¥At
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AGREEMENT made between THOMAS A. EDISON of
Orange, New Jersey, and Mr, B.T. Campbell of Port Myers,
Elorida, for the purpose of extending Mr, Edison's Dock
at Port Myers one hundred (100) feet; uIbo building a
bulkhead at the end of said dock 32 x 40 feet, and to build
a plank fence in the River in front of Mr. Edison's place
according to the following apeoificution:-
DOCK: Posts to be of green pine, not less than
7" at tlie small end, set to solid foundation 6 feet apart.
Each tv/o posts to be securely braced by a piece of 2 x 6
lumber, commonly called a cap.
STRINGERS to be 3x6 all heart lumber, securely
fastened to caps with 40-penny spikes .
Eli 00 HI NO to be of 2 inches thick heart pine, 6
feot long, and 0 inches wide, fastened v/ith tv/o 20-penny
spikes at each end. Dock to be built to correspond in every
particular v/ith the dock previously built.
Mr. Edison agrees to pay Mr. Campbell $1.15 per
lineal foot for building said dock; Mr. Campbell to furnish
all material and labor.
BUUCHEAD to be 32 x- 40 feet, same as at Royal
Palm Hotel. Posts, t o be of same siae and quality as for
dock, placed not more than six feet apart each way. OUTSIDE
SIELS to be of 4 x 0 heart lumber, drift bolted to posts,
INNER SILLS to be 3 (three) x 6, heart lumber seourely
nailed to 2 x 6" oapB, v/ith 20-penny spikes. ELOOR to be
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of 2 x 8" rough lumber, all heart, securely nailed v/ith
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20-penny spikes, without leaving crackB.
Hr. Edison agreeB to pay Hr. Campbell for building
suid bulkhead the same price per square foot as for build¬
ing the dock. Size of bulk head will be equal to 266 feet
(lineal meaaure) of dock at $1.15 per foot, Mr. Campbell
to furnish all material and labor.
PEKOE in the river to be built of green pine;
posts of same sine and quality as for dock, placed eight
foot apart and set to a solid foundation.
PLAIHS to be 2 ;c 6", all heart pine lumber,
fastened with galvanised bolts or pivanised spike B.
Pence to be six plunks high and so arranged eh to be below
love tide and ubovc high tide, leaving cracks bet', men planks
two inches wide. Ponce to bo run out from both sides of
Edison property to u line parallel with nearest boathouoe.
Length of fence is estimated l,o bo 1400 feet.
Mr. Edison agrees to pay Mr. Campbell the sum of
$520.00 to build said fence, Mr. Campbell to furnish all
■material und labor.
Mr. Cumpholl further agrees to enclose in said
fence that part of the Travers property recently bought
hy Mr. Edison, at tho some rate per foot as the above.
Hr. Campbell also agrees to have all the work done
Tt+OA-cAs' /j£
complete by -Pubruuw-y 10t4t, 1907.
Mr. EdiBon agrees to pay to Mr, Campbell each
wo ek an amount of money justified hy the px’ogress of the
work done during such week.
DATED this 3 1 °b day of tQjLxj 190 L
1906. Mining - General (D-06-20)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
mining and ore milling. Most of the items for 1 906 consist of unsolicited letters
enclosing ore samples or inquiring about Edison's interest in mines and ores.
The selected items contain Edison marginalia, usually noting the merits or
demerits of samples sent or offered.
Approximately 30 percent of the documents have been selected.
the first man in the Fields
Any find that they make
D. H. HAIGHT,
2j— T. A. E.
which would interest you would be in my weekly letter so that you
could get in on the Ground Floor.
Hoping that I may secure your patronage, I remain.
REDUCTION WORKS
THE VANADIUM ALLOYS COMPANY
GENERAL OFFICES 25 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK /yV3''’
Newmire. Colo.
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Canadian Gold Fields
Chaudiere Valley Division
(Mt - A** i-r<i
VICTOR HUGH BOYDEN
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Very truly yours,
1906. Mining - Cobalt Search - General (D-06-21)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
Edison's search for an inexpensive supply of cobalt ore for possible use in his
alkaline storage battery. Included is correspondence with the North American
Lead Co., the Standard Consolidated Mines Co., and other possible suppliers
of cobalt ores from Oregon, North Carolina, Canada, and New Caledonia. A
number of items, including a long memorandum in Edison's hand and an
undated itinerary prepared by an archivist, pertain to Edison's prospecting trip
to North Carolina in May and June. Related material can be found in the
records of the Mining Exploration Company of New Jersey in the Company
Records Series.
Approximately 50 percent of the documents have been selected,
including samples of items bearing Edison marginalia. Among the items not
selected are letters from companies and individuals seeking to interest Edison
in various propositions for mining, assaying, or processing cobalt ores; letters
replying to Edison's requests for geological survey maps and other general
information; letters of acknowledgment; and documents that duplicate
information in selected material.
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cJUlUtmaaCi!.a»)»n»mi:alitfiu>.to,lftiiC6mlui)»i'
Orange, Nov; Jersey.
Gentlemen:-
Noting your good letter of the 28th. , we would have
been very glad indeed to furnish you all possible opportunity for ex¬
perimenting with a chemical plant at our works, and would still do so
if you have not gone too far in your other field. V& do not know what
facillities you have in Canada, but it is an even bet that we could
offer more advantages in the way of conveniences and opportunity than
are available in the Canadian District from what information X have.
I am satisfied that by the end of January we will be producing a
concentrate which will run from 4 to 8 percent nickel-cobalt, and-pos-
sibiy 5 to 8 percent copper also.
I note that you are always open to a trade - so are we; You
claim to be able to put this material in commercial shape; we are- mining
about a carload daily of it as a bi-product, and thus far have been
unable to put it in commercial shape. Do you think therefore that it
would be difficult to enter intomsome kind of a mutual arrangement to
accomplish this result, on any equitable basis? v/e have about con¬
cluded to erect a matting plant, and ship the matte abroad where we
have an assured market , but naturally we woiild much prefer to handle it
in our own country. Have you anything further to .suggest,, r
NortlU&Wiean Leaa L°.,
p/lciktuaa-- ntC.cummtinicatitma.(o.lftp Ctmthawi<
noi Jan ?.% ,. 190«
Thos. a. Bdicon, Ksq, t .
orange, New j.ersey:-
Bear 3tr:-
Your favor under date of January 18t?i. reached the writ or
here at the mines having been forwarded from ou? general off loon at Col¬
umbus, Ohio.
In order tor get down tic a basis on tiur nickel sulphides , wo will
make you the following prlo'n oh thn Concentrates: -
Jlssay value metallic (Topper contents. 5 ots. per lb.
. » . * ' Nickel <>; 10 » ■: fc-. i-A--.:
n „ . cobalt "• 55 * *
I am after a carload rate on this material Pfertericktown to New York,
and will give it to you immediately it is received. The rate will be
comparatively low, and in conjunction with "the low quotation as above,
you should be able to do much better with its than with the Canadian ofes.
We would give you every f cilify for prosecuting yotu* ehemibhl Experi¬
ments on thin ore, here at, our plant, Where we have arh- excellent organia-
~tion, and wo believe far more attractive conditions than obtain in Canada
fields for such a plant. Our 5upV and 'Anst. Sdpl are both graduates
of Boston Tebh. , and on# plant in general here id strictly firstciass.
Wo have developed a face of thWSe copper, nickel cobalt, sulphides running '
over 800 feet through bar mines, making an wmorraous body* of exceedingly,
rich orew We certainly will never Cease until we get thie material into
wUdiMaai’C.cummtmiiMlium.lo.trieC'iimlunuK
commercial shape, either ip .the concentrates or by matting. Concerning
the latter, we have fie fern mi the construction of our contemplated
calcines and furnaces, because of a pending srael-ter deal, which if sue-
cnssful will put us in possession of a. modern up to date smelter hav¬
ing a capacity of ltJQ tone per day, located conveniently near us with
excellent railroad and other fact Hit ion. we shall Know definitely
concerning this within three of four weeks, and can -then definitely
advise you as to the matting proposition.
The refinements in our milling plant have bean completed r and wo
are expressing youtoday a 25 lb, sample of our nickel sulphides as now
milled, which is a fair sample pf material wo could furnish a carload
of daily, or more — say 50 to 50 tons per 24 hours.
If you consider it worth While, the writer would be glad to make an
appointment with you at your Laboratory and go over the matter in detail,
at an early date.
Have the kindness do address your response t.o Columbus , Ohio.
Yours very truly,
Piot.P.K.s,
r-
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT
OF THE
NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH ED.
EDISON MANUFACTURING CO.
BATES MANUFACTURING CO.
31 UNION SQUARE, Cor.Broadway a I6TS Street,
'toscopes NEW YORK.N.Y.
J M BERING MACHINES.
Jan. 26th, 1906.
. -A 'h
Mr . Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, K. J.
Dear Sir:-
I regret that at this writing I have been unable to ob¬
tain positive information as to the freight rate on a shipment of
1,000 metric tons of Cobalt ore from Noumea', Hew Caledonia.
Immediately yours of the 19th inst . was received, I
communicated with several freight brokers, but it seems impossible
for any of them to give us the required information. Messrs.
Benham <1 Boyesen state that it would be impossible to quote a .rate
unless the shipment comprised 2,500 or 3,000 tons, sufficient to
make up an entire cargo. It would also be necessary to know pos¬
itively when the shipment was ready for delivery to the vessel.
It seemed to be the general opinion among freight brokers in New
York that it would be necessary to obtain a freight rate from
London., and several of the parties addressed have promised to pro¬
cure this information for me.
I have received approximate quotations ranging from
20/- to 40/p- per metric ton.
NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH COMPANY
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT.
I will take up this matter with London parties, and just
as soon as 1 can get further information, I wil-1 submit it to you.
X attach herewith several replies to my inquiry for your
perusal, and beg to remain,
Manager 5’oreign Department.
Enclosures .
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Cable Address "Edison, Hew York."
From the Laboratory
of
Thomas A. Edison
Sub j eot , Cobalt
Orange, N. J. May 1, 1906
Gaston k Linooln Co — Wurtz — N Carolina
Taloose k quartzite Shists Crosses South fork Catawba River a little
south of Lina between Linooln & Gaston Counties - in neighborhood of
the falls oalled "High shoals of the Catawba" This belt many miles
long direction N 20u E varying in places "Due N k H 35° E at High shoals
its 3 or 4 miles wide - everywhere traversed by veins quartz carrying
pyritous k other sulphides showing on surfaoe limonlte gossan - veins
all verities of strike k dip but most important ones conform to strike
dips general vertical,
proceeding northeastward from High shoals into Linooln Co along belt of
taloose k quartzose shists many places seen where gold been minedj the
Shuford k Canslor Mines — many miles in the distance but apparently
on same range, high elevated in the "Graham Ore Bank" fragments
Limonite, gozzan k honey combed quartz constantly seen on surfaoe
sonetimes isolated k shometimes strewn along considerable distanoes
marking outorops — In this part of the range the quartz veins usually
oontain, whenever opened, more or less galena, blende, k Chaloopyrites
usually with Native gold in one place rutile Going Southwestwardly
from the river we find the rocks presenting similar indioations k in
the oourse of some 15 miles we enoounter successively the "Long Creek
Gold Mines" from the Ashbury Shaft from which much gold has been taken ™
k a number of places where iron ore is or has been mined known as
"Costner Ore bank". The "Alison Ore Bank" The Ormond Ore Bank" The
"Ferguson Ore Bank" k "Briggs Ore Bank", a few miles beyond the latter
not far from the same range lies the well known Kings Mountain Gold
Mine. So oalled "Greenstone trap dykes" are occasionally enoountered,
running parallell k sometimes across the strata.
The beds of the streams frequently oontain pebbles of Black Tourmaline
k Blaok Sand, immense veins or rather strata of Black Tourmaline seen
in several plaoes usually veined with milky white quartz
Veins pyrites found crossing the bed of streams where current washed
them bare other places solid banks of Limonite found standing above ground
At Alison k Costner Ore banks whioh are exoavated in strata of ore 30 to
40 feet wide, the material lost, thrown out was a true magnetite shist
mixed with muoh Limonite
it oannot be doubted but that its the gozzan of sane cobaltferous sulphid
as no arsenio was deteoted.
Its soft unlike earthy manganeese smears the fingers A can be out with
knife exhibiting in section a lustre like Compact grafite, the Country
people call it Black Lead,
a spot about a mile in NorthEasterly direotion from the Long Creek Mines
I found orossing at right angles the road from Linoolnton to Yorkville
in S. Carolina?? Where the later orosses over an elevation called I'Cross"
or the "Paysour Mountain" the outorop of a large vein or stratum of rook
which oontains very much of this blaok gozzan or Wad, it oannot esoape
the attention of a person travelling along the road as it appears like
a broad blaok band on the side of Chelatter, at this spot it is 15 feet
wide. A small opening was made in it 3 or 4 rods from the road on the
southernside A found to be 12 ft wide, inoluded between walls of Taloose
slates it was traoed A opened ag&in % mile southwesterdly from the road
A found to consist there-df a number of paralell strata, separated by
seams of Taloose shists one or 2 ft. wide. The largest of these strata
was ten ft. wide, presenting a solid bank of Limonite mixed with a little
quartz A so compact that it was difficult to break with a piok —
Following the Yorkville road Southly from the point where the vein orosses
it, is found interstratified with the talcose shist "itaoolumnite".
following the vein gorttarardl^ from the road the outorop was found to descend
rapidly along the western slope of Cross Mountain, A at about a J of a mile
from the road was found a spot where the ground oonsisted in great part
of fragments of Black Cobaltif erous Wad, like substanoe. Opening made here
would probably lead to interesting A valuable developements. a dei ermine. -felon
of the quantity of mixed oxides of Cobalt A nickel, oontained in the
mineral found at this spot gave 13 peroent.
Mineral from the Asbury shaft gave iron Manganeses, Cobalt, Nickel,
Copper, Bismuth Zinc, Alumina Silica Lime Magnesia & traoes of Tellurium —
The substance from the Ormond Ore Bank may be called Cobaltiferous
Earthy Manganeese or granular & amorphous Hansmannite, gave -with
Hydrochloric deep brown blaok solution — The Asbury shafts & Cross
Mountain minerals gave deep grass green solutions. Solution beooming
yellow when water added, which is oharaoteristio when much Cobalt is
present * by whioh these Cobaltiferous Wads may generally be distinguished
from ordinary Earthy Manganeese containing traces Cobalt.
He thinks if these veins are opened down to unweathered zone that
Siegenite, a sulphide of Cobalt & nickel, will be found in quantity.
The same substances being found at Mineral Hill, Maryland ~
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Dear Sirs-
1 forwarded you today., ty Wells Fargo & Co Expreep,
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Menlo Park, N. J.,
HENRY E. WOOD & CO.
ASS AYERS
1734 Arapahoe Street
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Dear Sir:- ^’ ■y' I 0 rv> ' ,.!?1 V ' . 1
Recent newspaper articles c All attention tol your sVarah for -v
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cobalt ores. If you are not already aware of it you may be .interested «—
ct-t-u. "t t'aJ C“tf i-iPJCu:- Cite,
to know that the manganese ores of Tennessee! oarrty fair percentages of
<^rA,-X IWeJfe C. ,js.A <* fr.ee. Je f ^-1 1 iA-e&c.*?
cobalt.' These ores were sent tp usf'by the owner (whose 'address you! can
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have if desired) for manganese determinations, in making which we noticed I
mganese determinations, in making which we noticed)
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Onr last analysis made Peby. 10th, ,1905 gave the -
- Ot-fA-j-n To 10 cywX •lli-t-/&£n.bJLt.‘*j.t. O
2.30#, Mn 33.23%, Co. lVsR#^ Si02jj>4. 50%i .
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About a year ago Dr. f f 9
of concentrates I made in my mi'ljl in Southern Oregon, whej^o I, -treat ed/the
rich black sands of Oregon and HorthenyCalifo^iia. M$_work tiier^is pri¬
marily for the recovery of the gol^j^^tinu^m "and ''|smirldiiiph. It is
simply a re-concentration of the black sands which gives fnre'tnusually
high grade products.1 In 1
C/osephinite of that section. A recent analysis gave:
Gold 32. ’04 ozs per ton, Platinum 20.28 ozs, Nickel 13.40#, and cobalt
if present, but not determined. «^a. 'kOLo
Would such material be saleable to you and would you pay for the Gold,
Thg Josephlnite being so highly magnetic it could, with little difficulty
be separated, although considerable of the platinum would go with it. I
can offer you these concentrates in ton lots. Have you any use for
Osmium? I collect and sell considerable platinum scales which carry
Osmiridium. I have sold over 100 osis this year. A shipment of 80 ozs
last week analyzed: Platinum 48.40#
Os. & Ir. 42.76#
Impurities 8.84#
100.00#
As the whole sells on a platinum basis it occurred to me that,
as I can easily and quickly make a separation of the Pt from the Os. Ir.
you might Jjave use for the latter.'
If these subjects are of any particular Interest to you I would
appreciate hearing from you as, in the case of the nickel, it would
largely influence ray work this season.
Very truly yours.
June 20, 1906.
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HE. IMPORTED "CONTINENTAL" TIRES
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We are pleased to learn that you ^nade your trip to
North Carolina In two "White" Steamer^ ihat were equipped X
with our Imported "Continental" Tires. . • . _ d
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Would it be askine too much to request that you
write us your experience with our tires, and, if the tires
have given you satisfactbry service, would you be willing to
let us publish your letter with our advertisements?
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We will appreciate your reply, and hope to be able r,<
to reciprocate by prompt and satisfactory service in the
future.
CONTINENTAL CAOUTCHOUC CO.,
CHL/GA
^tantiarti Consolfoateti jftfltnes Company
Ur. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, H. J.
My dear Mr. Edison: -
I yesterday received a telegram from our Mr. S. H. McKee,
one of the Directors of this Company, and today he confirmed the same
hy letter, stating that he had received an order from you for one
oar or morejSaeh raonthjOf our cobalt concentrates, on the following
terms:- 96$ of all the gold and silver, 40j4 per pound for metallic
cobalt, where it does not reach 14$, and 42 j 6 per pound, where it
reaches 14$ or better of cobalt,, and 10 j! per pound for nickel; ship¬
ment to be made to Hew York to Ledoux & Company, and any further
freight charges to be assumed by you. ledoux & Company to make the
assays, and on whose assays the settlement will be made.
Would state to you that we will accept this .offer and
will ship you a car load at once, as I have wired our Superintendent,
Mr. Heath, to do so, but would like to have you confirm this by
letter.
There is one thing. Mr. McKee has not spoken of, in
a former communication from him, he stated that you would pay for
the small percent of copper also, that there might be in the shipment,
if we made one, and I wish in your confirmation of the order .you
would mention the oopper, if you agreed with Mr. McKee to pay for
what small amount of copper there might be in the concentrates. There
Mr. Thomas a. Edison - #2,
will not be very much but there may be a very small percentage. We
will see that the shipments are made very promptly, with a wire
tracer following the car, so that they will reach you as promptly as
the railroad Company can get them through.
Mr. McKee said nothing about how soon settlement waB to be
made after the assay was made, by Ledoux & Company, and I wish in
your confirmation, you would state that fact also. Neither did he
state who was to pay ledoux & Company for the assayj and in your
letter, please state whether you are to pay ledoux & Company, or what
the custom is in relation to this mattdr.-
We thank you very much for yOur order and we trust that our
business relations in the future may be very pleasant, and very satis¬
factory, as we will do everything in our power to make them so.
With kind regards, I remain.
Sincerely yours,
LMC-MC
Ur. D. U. Campbell, Pres.,
Standard Consolidated Mines Co.,
319 Royal Ins. Bldg., Chicago, Ill.
Bear Sir:
Yours of the 21st inst. received. You may enter an order
for one oarload of Arsenical Cobalt Ore Concentrates per month until
suoh times as we notify you in writing to stop shipments. Each
carload to "be shipped to Eedoux & Co., Chemists, New York City,
with instructions that the same is to he sampled by them and assayed
and then forwarded to the Edison Storage Battery Co., Orange, N.J.
The price which the Edison Storage Battery Co. shall pay
for the ore, which shall not assay less than 12/Z of Metallic Cobalt
is as follows:
Ore carrying 12 per cent of Metallic Cobalt 40 cents per pound
" " 14 " " of " " or higher 42 / per lb.
Rinetysix per cent of the fire assay value of the Gold.
Ten cents per pound for the Rickel if not exceeding 3 per cent
Seven cents per pound if it exceeds 3 per cent.
Ro other ingredient shall be paid for.
All freight charges to Eedoux's Works, including cost of assay
shall be paid for by the Standard Consolidated Mines Co.
Upon receipt of Ledoux:& Co. assay by the Edison StorageBattery
Co., the money due as indicated by the assay and prices mentioned,
shall be paid in cash to the Standard Consolidated Mines Company.
Yours truly.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Mr, Edison!-
As X will Tie away tomorrow at Hew Rochelle
in connection with the New York suits, I will put in writing
the two criticisms I have to make of your order for cobalt;
(1) The expression "one carload" may he indefinite, and
I suggest that a certain number of tons be specified:
(2) The expressions "Ore carrying 12^ of metallic cobalt
40 cents per lb." and "Ore carrying 14^ of metallic cobalt
or higher, 42 cents per lb." apparently mean that you are offer¬
ing 40 cents or 42 cents for the ore and not for the metallic
cobalt in the ore. I suggest that the expressions be amended
to read;
"Ore carrying of metallic cobalt, 40 cents per lb.
for metallic cobalt contained therein,"
"Ore carrying 14^ of metallic cobalt or higher, 42 cents
per lb. for metallic cobalt contained therein."
Of course, if your expression is the one which is commonly
used, it will be all right, although to me it seems open to
misunderstanding.
Yours very truly,
EID/AHK.
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Prairie City, Oregon, July 11, 1906.
Edison Storage Battery Co., (Thomas A. Edison, Prek)
Orange, N. J.
My dear Mr. Edison
Your letter of July 2nd addressed to me in Chi-
oaeo has been forwarded to me at the Mines, where I expect to he for
the next two weeks.
I am disappointed in some respects at your letter, as it does
not follow out the lines of the agreement Mr. McKee stated he had
made with. you. If you will refer to my letter written you after I
received Mr .JfcKe e ' s telegram, and letter confirming his telegram, you
will see that Mr. McKee understood that all the cohalt would he paid
for under 280 lhs. of metallic cohalt per ton of ore, at the rate of
40 aents per pound, and if the ore contained 280 lhs. or more of
metallic cohalt, the price was to he 42 cents per pound. S'or the
nickel in the ore you were to pay 10 cents per pound, whether it
exceeded 60 lhs. or more to the ton. You wureto pay 96^ of the gold
and silver value in the concentrates.
We are in a peculiar position at the present time at the Mine.
We had a misfortune to have to stop our Mill for some 20 days on
account of a loss of three crusher plates in transit from the fac¬
tory to the Mill. During that time our Superintendent, in order to
keep the mine men at work, was obliged to fill the lower tunnel,
where our highest cohalt values are, with ore mined down from the
stopes, and this ore contained a large percentage of copper, in fact
it was mostly copper ore. Por a short distance from the portal of
the tunnel , and from thence further in the tunneljthe richer cohalt
Thomas A. Edison. #3»
ore was mined down. There is cohalt in all of the ore, hut of course,
the oohalt from the copper ore would not run as high in percentage, as
when we get started in the tunnel where it will he very much richer, and
run a higher percentage. I think, without any douht that the cohalt we
are now obtaining will reach 10$ while your order, would prohibit ub from
shipping anything less than 12$, if we take your order literally. In re¬
gard to nickel the assay of the cohalt that we have saved so far, shows
a trifle over 4$ of nickel, hut I have talked it over with our Chemist,
and he assures me that the general percentage of nickel will not equal
4$. Also by the order to Mr. McKee^as Mr. McKee understood it, you was
to pay for 96$ of silver contained in the concentrates.
Now Mr. Edison I would like to have you^very much^revise your order.
Mr. McKee is in California at the present time, and I may not he able to
reach him for some time, and as I would like to ship you a car-load as
soon as we get it out, which will be either the last of next week of
first of the week following. If you will revise your order to read as
followra, I would appreciate it very much, and I think that our future
shipments will he better than the first car we will ship you:
"The price which the Edison Storage Battery Co. will pay is as fol¬
lows: Eor concentrates containing 280 pounds or less of metallic cobalt
per ton, 40 cents per pound, for each pound of metallic cobalt. If the
concentrates contain more than 280 pounds of metallic cobalt, the price
is to be 42 cents per pound of metallic cobalt contained in the concen¬
trates • Eor the nickel in the concentrates, if not more than 100 lbB
of metallic nickel per ton of concentrates, 10 cents per pound of metal¬
lic nickel. If it contains more than 100 lbs. of metallic nickel per ton,
the price is to be 7 cents per pound of metallic nickel. Eor the gold
and silver contained in the concentrateSj 96$ of the market value of the
gold and silver, as determined by the fire assay. These prices to be
f.o.b. Ledoux’s Works, New York. The Cost of the sampling and assaying
to be paid by the seller of the ore."
ThomaB A. Edison S7>.
The balance of the order to he as per your favor of July 2nd. In
regard to the last clause above, as to cost of sampling and assaying,
I had supposed that the cost was to be divided between the buyer and
the seller, which I think is the usual custom, but if you prefer to
have the last clause read that way, I will not insist on that.
1 would also like to ask you if we can ship you more than 30
tons per month, if we can get it out in two carloads, of a minimum cf
20 tons each, could you not, take two car-loads ajmonth? In the near
future, of course', if you could not do thiBjwe will acced to your
wishes of shipping one car of 30 tons., per month.
As I expect to remain at the mine for two weeks longer, will ycu
kindly answer this letter by return mail, sending one copy to the
Chicago Office, Room 316 Royal Insurance Bldg., and one copy to me
at the mines. My address here is p/o N. P. Heath, Prairie City,
Oregon, or better yet, if my letter is satisfactory if you will
telegraph to me at my expense to the mines, I will appreciate it,
but in case you should telegraph, tell your operator to send the
dispatch to Baker City, Oregon, with instructions to telephone it to
the Standard Consolidated Mines Co., Comer .Oregon, We have a tele¬
phone at the Mine, which is at Comer, but our nearest Post Office is
Prairie City.
With kind regards, I remain,
'Very sincerely yours,
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from the cobalt district of Canada to better advantage th^n the
wads/. These Canadian ores contain a large percentage of cobalt
but as you know the oobalt seems to be a second^cbnsideration
with them and it would appear that existing a3 it does in them as
a by product, it oould be handled more cheaply than our low grade
1 trust you vail understand that these inquiries are
only by my sincere desire to Know where we stand in this
matter and that 1 hope you will let me have as complete answers as
possible giving me at the same time, if you can, any references to
literature dealing with the subject.
In case some of us here vrlsha^bo fom a Development Com-
...pany for.„tha_puirposo-o J?— handling— these— doposit-s^irould-you be. .
willing to join us provided your stock did not cost you a large
Awaiting your reply, I remain,
Very truly yours,
He»^y Q. Ewans Phosphate Co,
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These samples illustrate different varieties or ttftalt ore.
The heavy steel colored piece' is" Van* Arsenic Cohalt ore. The peach
blossomcolor ipn from .the- weathering out of the heavy Arsenic ore
and frequently p tains the outcrop of a mine.
The other black, samples are called Manganese wad. The piecee:
! richest in Cohalt cut easily with a knife like a soft lead pencil
and-ieqye ashining surface. The Wad ore is pretty generally dis¬
tributed and is the result of leaching out of Cohalt and Manganese
minerals. The ^.ount of -Cobalt varies from one tenth bf “one per . '
cent to eighteen per cent.
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Number each sample, send out 2oz of each and put. your name
and number on each.
Address-- . .
Thomas A. Edison,
• Edison Laboratory,
Orange, N. J..:.
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Nashville , T,” v, S/l/Oo.
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New York City, H.Y. ,
Bear Sir:-
If you "be of the opinion, that the iron ores of Hickman, Levis,
and Wayne Counties in Tennessee, lie very deop as veil as on the tops of
hills, where they are now 1* eing mined, and will hove the. kindness to ,Ux
me a. letter giving your reasons for this belief, I v.411 he a thousand
times oh liged to you. You may only have a theory, hut if you will pardon
me I v/ill, say that this part of the world believes you to be not only a
thoughtful nan, but a patriotic ci cison willin- to show. :::y part of your
fellow citizens that they are possessed of concealed wealth and to suggest
proper kinds of laves fixation with e. view to its discovery and working.
I b.xiev.. ui&o f.u; if this eomes from you, it will induce parties to make
c-.. n. i . . I j..:, t.-., would no •; utnv.-jv3.se m:'.ke b ecuuse their present
1 -..l u;y, (I joanno fc confidently say experience ) is otherwise. If you have
sue): a k.w; and deep test holes demonstrated its correctness, it v/ould
mean millions to this state, but a suggestion from you and your reason¬
ings , . ill perhaps be required to induce parties to put down these test
Tile nigh phosphorus ores of Wayne County, admi t oi ng of the production
of a, ’-ary fluid iron, so suitable for mixture with the strong but rather
slot; flowing irons made from the low phosphorus ores of the lake region,,
remained unused for years. The very high grade phosphate rock so impor-
Tips WaslpjtllB &m&xizm\
OAII.V SUNDAY W1SHKI.Y
,?«w tie a ferti liser, h. * u ft undiscovej ed until recently. It has boon
left to you to hi e o j v o t wiM Jjetu *> Xe p:eseuce of Got X t of a quality and.
in quantity to itfW'rarre mining, Your discovery is yielding fruit ae scar¬
cely a day passes that some one does not claim to have found a deposit
of Cobalt. The prob s&ility ^.c that all of the deposits -ogether ..ill soon
-..-arrant uc fciou on yuur part. Your visit oo Hi dfcraun County did great good.
You stirred up the people and your rumaiks on 'the necessity of good roads
v/ili do good.
I spent six years in Wayne County managing the furnace of the Buffalo
Iron Company. I •••••as the first to make that high phosphorus iron and had
difficulty in mariceiing it, but finally persuaded the stove makers of
Detroit and other manufacturers that it was suitable for mixture with
northern i rone in the making of thin castings, including soil pipe, bath '
tubs, lei cohen sinks-, etc. I believe that for such purposes, the demand
for it will gradually increase and it therefore, becomes highly important
that Kb should be adv ised if this ore from which this quality of iron
comes ■ exists in greater quantity than wa had supposed. I hope you can
Three or four years ago my then chemist E. W. Axson, a graduate of
Princeton and b rother-in-law of President Woodrow Wilson, spent tv/o or
three months working in your laboratory. He was- of an investigating turn
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of mind and tested minerals of one- kind and ano ther. b rough t in by
various parties. He is dead now buo I have often wondered whether he men¬
tioned to you one diversified ores of this region.
TIpe Naslpjtllje ^mmcan
nasmviIjIjI!:, tisnn.
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is to arouse our people to the good sense of ; asking the host use of our
natural wealth for I Relieve 'i< ^ therein lies the true roacl to prosper¬
ity.
With groat respect, I g?ti,
Yours truly,
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RARE MINERALS, j/) , \^\ A. n. o. conic, n,
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Oot. 15, 1906.
Thomas A. Kdisdm, Esq .
Orange, N. J.
My dear Sir:-
After considerable trouble, I have at last arranged to
furnish you the Cobalt ore, for which you kindly gave me an order
on May 1st. I have one carload on the way, therefore kindly con¬
firm your former order, and send me shipping instructions by return
mail, and oblige,
Yours truly,
P. S. If this carload is satisfactory,^—®®? ke you regular
shipments until the jtefLfcher'~prevents. . % ■
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DURANGO ENGINEERING OjFFICE ^ (> £ .0. <r> ■ Q
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Mr. Thos A. Edison
Memlo Park
Dear sirs-
^ f * ' diirango. cor.o., 061# 22nd 1901
<4- ’ v V A i 60- ■1,G..<2 'jf>
understanding that it is
0 obtain
large supply of mineral yielding: Qohalt for the use^in storage battefj.es.
icfwt 1 £•..—/ Ct^.w
I can give you information on this bud dee t of a j deposit of pyrite oontain
ing metalio Oobalt.I disoovferedjjhis faot about twelve yeras ago while .A- .;/
r b-Vl'f % o..c- 4;
hunting mineral specimens .1 noticed a peoullar/arystaiizatibnnoof the
pyrites at thiB particular place and. the faot that they were* of a whiter •■/ —
color than else \
II
i,Onfarther investigational found £
Cobalt arsenide on the talc with which they were associated.! collected
v i £-.*» —
some of the pyrites and made a chemical analysis shortly afterwards with
the resit noted metalio Cobalt.
There are great quantaties of this pyrite at this plaoe and as
it ia at an old abandoned iron mine there are piles of waste rook which
oontain over ten percent pryite whioh could be concentrated at a cost of
50 cents per ton. The mines could be obtained and as there is a great
deal of the pyrite and the talc it could be mined for them very cheaply*
This plaoe is in the eastern United States within fifty miles
of tide water with railroad facilities at the mines the cheapest and best
kind labor and every facility for mining and reduoing oheaply*
If you fell interested in this matter I would be willing and
glad to make a more thorough investigation of the matter and give you
some idea of the amount of material on the waste dump whioh runs into the
thousands of tons and the amount in the mine if it is not full of water*
The mine I belive can be obtained cheaply as. the mining of iron ore at
this plaoe can not be done oheaply Aw
I just happened to think of this when I was looking over my old
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ohemioal analysis book and saw the analysis of the pyrite whioh I found
remembered the faots of the case and the large amount of pyrite there was
there. I have a lot of speoimons of them but thoy are at present back
stored away with my other specimens in the efigt and 1 am there fore not
able to send you speoimons of the pyrite to confirm my statements.
I have no doubt that at this plaoe there is the largest amount
of oobalt of any place in the country if not in the world it can be mined
very oheaply and is right oh the market. Prom the analysis made and an
estimate of the the amount of pyrite in the talo I should say that there
was 20 lbs of Oobalt per ton of rook whioh should be mined milled and
placed on the market at $1.25 P or ton ready for treatment.
I trust this may be of some value to you and that I mightmbe of
servioe to you in locking this matter up. It is unknown to anybody that I
know of but myself. The mines have beon v/orked for over loo years for
Iron ore but the ooourrenoe of dobalt din the pyrite has never beon
thought of .or in fact the ooourrenoe of Oobalt at the mines.
Very truly yours
VRE MINERALS,
Thomas A. Edison Esq.
Orange, N.
Dear Sir:-
In reply to;your favor of the 20th Inst., Re Cohalt ore,
I would say that I am fully aware that you gave no positive order on
May 1st. when I visited you, for such ore} and that^together with the
low price that you offer, is the reason the miners would not ship to
you, and both they and myself are selling it abroad for more money.
Now in this letter you put other restrictione/ which will hamper me
very much; one is, you confine the ore to containing not more than
100 ounees of silver, and state that it must' run 12# of Cobalt metal;
you certainly know that the ore runs anywhere from 20 ounces to 6,000
ounces of silver, and that, without smelting, it cannot be reduced to
100 ounces, and as I am not in the smelting business, and only sell
crude products, I would not furnish you, or any one/on such conditions
as named- I am willing to ship you the run of the mine, guaranteeing
10 % Metallic Cobalt, at 40 cents per pound, if you will pay at the
same rrte.per unit/for all Cobalt contents beyond that percentage.
If so, I will cobb the ore as high as possible for- you, and an allow¬
ance of 20 ounces silver per ton for loss in working, I am willing
to stand. Advise me, if these conditions will suit you, and I will
arrange accordingly to ship you one carload for a test.
Awaiting an early reply, I am
Very truly yours
<jv J DURANGO ENGINEERING OFFICE
</Acmr
. Thomas A. Edison"
Orange, N.
IO, (3or.o„ Nov. 7 1 1906.
Dear Sirs- V'1 ■ C
th. 1nnD+ J2ur/!^0r.a0f N?rember lst 10 at hand and in regard to
the location of the deposit of oftbait at which I found the pyrite
“0n*i°n0d ln my letter of October 22nd, It was at the
iron mine b at St. Peters, Warwick Bownfchip, Chester County
??anoh of the Wilmington division
of the Philadelphia & Reding railroad, about 25 miles from
Redding, Pennsylvania. The pyrite did not ooour in the ore
bat tn the talc-schist which was on the hanging wall of the vain.
The north end of the old dump contained a great deal of this,
and at th«u point rrKurhiah I found the pyrite, of which I made an
analysis and where the eryxthrite occurred in the talc, if you
desire me to, 1 could make an examination of the property and
investigate more fully.' The time at which I found the pyrite was
S or 1° years 6go, and naturally I have not a very distinct
recollection or the details as to its occurrence: but as a
general thing, F know that the pyrite was in considerable quan¬
tities and' iq > aucH shape there would be no difficulty in 1
concentrating ft. The mines at that time belonged to the
Brooks iron Company of Birdsboro, Pennsylvania and the cobalti-
ferous pyrite 4n question had nothing to do with the iron
ore; and if the country should be prospected and. the pyrite
prove to contain as much cobalt as my analysis shows, there is
undoubtedly a great deal of the pyrite existing in masses of the
schist which are not connected with the iron ore or the old
mines •
I would be willing to examine the property if you would
stand my travelling expenses while doing so. In case the
property should prove satisfaotory and give promise as a source
oiff supply, I would like to be paid for my time from the time of
leaving Pittsburg, until I finish making an examination at the
rate of $25 a day. In oase it should not, I would not expect to
be paid anything but my expenses.
Yours very truly.
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Valley K,oa<
West Orange, N.J.
d Health and Marine-Hospital Service,
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ItiSJ-eri Island, N.X.
IjOr/ember 80,1906.
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I under stan d^p-om the ma^agej^nt g-f .,t)#rC,pnsoJ idftted' T~~P^
ie headquarters' Srefi.n'otloa^o. With ^wiries iijJSastern
Oregon, that they have made anl a^eemfej^ to" ship to you th^ 'entire Cobalt
production of theit mines f
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to have your conf irmatittf-frf Arid' Wilt "you ‘.‘gp^don™^'' , ^
, itsLusBS" and & imi
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’ this statement.
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for as'king also concerning cthe value of col
as to its annual output in the SS6& *
i’hanking you for the information, and trusting l'
tresspassing too much oh your valuable time,
I beg to remain.
Yours Very Iruly,
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Mr. Thomas A. Ed.l son,
Orange, N. J.
Mint Bureau ,
Treasury ^Department,
Washington B. C.
Nov. 22, 1906.
Bear Sir:-
Your kind favor of October 3d has had careful consid¬
eration and in the moan time v/e have been going ahead with our pro¬
cess and v/e are satisfied that we can do better than the figures you
give on the cost of your operations. We are now planning to put up
a larger plant.
V/e have been buying ore of the Nippissing MM.ies Co., but the
recent changes in ownership in that company have altered our rela¬
tions and they now v/ant more for their ore . than we think it is worth
so that we are looking about for a new supply of ore.
So far the lowest price we have been able to get on cobalt in
the ore is 65 / per pound. I would therefore be glad if you would
put me in communication with producers who are willing to sell at
40 4 per pound.
Yours truly,
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Hoar' Sir: -
A friend of Mine on the Pacific Coast has hoen on
the lookout for Cohalt for me for some months now, and has had the
enclosed description of a proportjr^which he says has attracted wide
attention. He shipped me 7 samples from different parts of the
mines, as described on the outside and inside labels in each baa.
I have repacked and labelled them with my regular running number,
and sent same to you^llos . 1942, No, 1948.^ Locations are shown on
rough plat of property enclosed. This property can be purchased,
and he says that should an export be sent out to see it, he will
make arrangements for transportation, if given notice, v/ill meet,
him, and provide means for as definite an exploration of the prop-
e rty as may be possible.
Kindly let me know how these samples turn out, and
if you care to. look into the matter any further I will put the cor¬
respondence entirely in your hands. 1'he assays he gives look
promising.
Amenii
[ENCLOSURE]
btatehrjw coNCTtoiiro a mom. aid cobalt property.
near REPUBLIC, STATE of WASHIITOTOIT .
Ilio group of four (4) patented claims. The elevatioi
sea level is 2500 feet at the foot of the mountain eu
to the top of the mountain is i
lower tunnel level there is ovt
mtral claim is 1000 feet and
' '1000 feet of depth attained.
The owners firmly believe there are three ledges and
from an outcropping and a stringer upon which a short tunnel was
run, there was obtained excellent values of gold, silver, and cop¬
per. But we are interested in the main ledge and the outcropping
has been uncovered for a mile. The formation consists of a serpen¬
tine belt 600. feet wide, the foot wall being sepentine and granite
fined and regulai
-ein is- between 60S find
The development of tin
;r hich will be definitely doscrib-
threo tunnels, that attract
The tunnels will 1
[ENCLOSURE]
ledge . Shore are four (4) crosscuts, Ho. 1, at 350 feet, which
extends 23 feet across the vein/ Ho. 2 at 450 feet, that extends
20 feet across the vein; Ho. 3 crosscut at 000 feet that extends
20 feet, across the vein; Ho. 4, crosscut at 600 feet that extends
17 feet across the vein. All crosscuts as decribed are all in ore
from wall to wall.
Tunnel Ho. 2 is situated 135 feet above Ho. 1, is
260 feet long, and the crosscut is 32 feet in ore.
Tunnel Ho. 3, is situated 125 feet above Ho. 2, and
is 135 feet long and the crosscut from wall to wall is 44 feet.
There is thusover 1700 feet of underground work. There has been
actually expended §30,000.00' in development and that by a practical
miner in control. By careful estimate, there is computed that
there are a 1,000,000 tons of ore in reserve and in sight. What
must be the wotuiorful oro bodies yet to bo blocked out and depth
at once to be' attained!
The owners secured the following assays that may be
of value for o omparison :
Assayed by 0. 0. Batchelder, Spokane, Washington.
April 8,1902.
July 11,1902.
July 11,1901
Hickel §39.60
Hickel§104.40
Hickel §14.40
Cobalt §84.00,
Cobalt$234 .00
Cobalt §39.00
Total §123.60
Totalft338.40
Total §53.40
Assayed by T.. B, Darling, HewSngland Mining Bureau, Providence,
Sept. 19, 1900 (fold §3.09 Silver§1.10 Copper$30.30 Hickel$224.oo
Total §308.49
May 8, 1901.
Gold §4.12 Copp.er§2.83 Nickel$10 . 50
. Total $17.45
Gold $2.58 Silver .30 Copper $2.72 Hiokel$375 .00
Cobalt $276.00 Total $656.60
Other resources.
An abundance of fir,
ground adjoining the group of claims
pine and tamarack i
. The creek lias su
s upon
ff icient
[ENCLOSURE]
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watfir the year round -for practical Wtttiftg purposes. About one and
a half allies from the nine there is a sharp fall of 250 feet, that
would provide for a power plant, exceptional mill site, and the
tramway could he lniilt if desired from the property.
'j.’here are two railroads that are anticipating build¬
ing from Republic, the Cheat' northern and the Kettle Valley Lines,
this would make access to this section easy as well as provide
needed transportation. The main line would be Uiree (.") miles
from the mine, and a spur is surveyed to tno dump. These compan¬
ies are. •now under injunction over right of way that arrests the
work for the present.
The company organized to develope the property is
without any indentedness and there is no encumbrance of any kind.
1906-May-16
1906-May-17
1906-May-18
1906-Kay-19
X906-May-20
1906-May-21
1906-May-22
1906-Majr-23
X906-May-24
1906-Hay-25
1906-Moy-27
1906-June-Ol
1906-June-02
1906-June-03
1906-June-04
ITINERARY OF NORTH CAROLINA PROSPECTING
Cer
TRIP//- 1906
North Carolina prospecting trip. Party consisted of Mr. Edison.
Charles Edison, J. V. Miller, George Poppa, Fred Ott and the
prospector. Left West Orange about 5.30 A.M. in two White steamers.
"Discord" and "Disaster".
Sources of information:
Mr. Miller's diary.
Edison Phonograph Monthly, July, 1906.
Charles Edison, George Poppa.
Travelers reached Newark, Delaware and then to Baltimore.
Washington, D. C. and Leesburg, Va.
Winchester, Va.
Natural Bridge, Va.
Campers reached Rocky Mount, N. C.
Winston-Salem, N.C.
Camped 25 miles from Lincolnton. Catawba River.
Green car broke rear axle. Breakfast at roadside.
Lincolnton, Mr. Morris and Mr. Reinhart.
Pesaue, Mt., Bessemer City, Gastonia, Dallas, N.C.
Found cobalt 10 miles East of Lincolnton.
Webster, Bessemer City, King's Mountain, Shelby (7 P.M.).
Henrietta (10 P.M.) *'*
Columbus, N.C. (8 P.M.)
Broke differential. Freddie and Poppa to Tiyon.
Hendersonville, N.C. (2 P.M.)
Itinerary of North Carolina Prospecting Trip - 1906....
1906-June-05 Brevard, N.C., Toxaway Lake.
1906-June-06 Sapphire, N.C.
1906-June-09 Dilleboro, and Sylva, N.C.
Shipped autos back. -Poppa.
Asheville, N.C.
Freddie left.
1906-June-lO Chattanooga, Tenn. Edison left.
1906-June-ll Met Edison at Dickson, Tenn. Nunnelly.
1906-June-1A Left Nabhville on sleeper for N.Y.
1906-June-15 Arrived Newark, N.J. at 2:30, Mina and Charles meet them in
Grout oar.
Circuit of 2500 miles, 1171 miles by auto.
1906. Mining - Cobalt Search - Field Workers (D-06-22)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
Edison's search for an inexpensive supply of cobalt ore for possible use in the
alkaline storage battery. Included are letters and shipping receipts received
from field workers R. D. Casterline, John Morris, and others, whom Edison sent
to Tennessee, North Carolina, and elsewhere.
Less than 5 percent of the documents have been selected. These consist
of samples of the letters from Casterline and Morris, along with Edison's notes
and telegrams to field workers.
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1906. Mining - Cobalt Search - Samples (D-06-23)
This folder contains letters received from individuals across the United
States in response to a general inquiry by Edison regarding his search for
cobalt ore. Some of the letters enclose ore samples. The selected items
consist primarily of letters containing Edison marginalia.
Less than 5 percent of the documents have been selected.
The New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company.
Now Hair on, conn., January 19, 1906.
0/0 Edison Storage Battery Company,
Glen^S* New Jersey,
Your letter of the 4-th Instant, regarding oobalt
properties, roaches me hero.
1 note that J.tr . Edison Is Interested in cobalt nines
in connection with his new battery. I think I will be able
to obtain analyses of the ore of which I spoke to you, and
samples of the same, and have today written asking for such
analyses, upon receipt of which I will be glad to write
you.
Yours truiv
Export &
Engineer of Tests.
THE
YELLpW JjLWEL MINES CO.
^ ,T! '^S/T -
B. M. ARMITACE, Dlreclon.
Myrtle Creek, Oregon. 7U6 /a- 190 f.
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Care Edison Storage Battery Company,
Glen Ridge, New Jersey.
Referring to your lettefo^EeBruary 14th regarding lo-
i of cobalt property, analy/is of sample from which I submitted
I find that this is nit the^property with which Mr. Edison
is familiar but is located in the^John Day Valley, Oregon, and is
at the present time thirty-fly^ miles from the end of a railway line
which is being constructed/^ y(his Valley connecting with the O.R.
under constructio:
^/eyed directly to this ’mine and is now
of any further interest I trust you will
3 and I will obtain such data as possible
Form E 02.
The M^yoRK. New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co.
OpFice OF Expert and Engineer of Tests.
New Haven. Conn. May 2, 1906.
Mr«Thota,^ A. Edison,
Orange, New Jersey.
1 am sending you under separate enclosure samples of the
cobalt ore regarding which we have had some previous correspondence.
1 «4v*sed tllat »iese samples while not average samples represent
about average of the cobalt values in the main pay streak of the
vein,
1 am advised that the property has been developed by open
outs 0„ r r-e vein a8 v/ell as by a tunnel on the vein, showing it to
be 0°ntl.::ious for a length of 1800 feet. The width of the vein
varie8 ^.siderubly, the pay streak seems to run in lenses the max-
imum developed in any of which ls from four tQ fiya fMt>
The character of the ore also varies considerably from the
hSrd °^o^alline «•» arsenide of cabalt to a soft decomposed
O* rt0Ut tlie same composition. Copper occasionally comes
in, v,S ^ does silver appears and with it copper values and gold
decreaa<i( Cobalt however is the predominant value and is quite
constant ( With the increase of copper, gold increases, some i„.-
dividuaj. espies having shown as high as #500 per t,on.
'h0 property has been developed as before stated by a num-
b6r °f c1)0p ovtB, in addition to which there are three tunnels the
icwest 0f ,„hich has previously been mentioned. from these tunnels
T.A.E. •
there are a number of cross cuts, all of which
however there are no workings in this district below water level, it
is therefore impossible to tell what changes may come in that change
of depth. The property is thoroughly equipped with electric power
and a reasonable amount of ore has been blocked out which together
with the various working faces renders possible a moderate output.
Ii after examination of these samples you are still in¬
terested in the proposition I would be glad to do anything in the
matter which you would like.
Yours Jyjuly ,
Expert & Engineer of Tests.
Form E 92,
The New't'ork, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co.
Office of Expert and Engineer of Tests.
New Haven. Conn. June 30th, 1906.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, New Jersey,
Dear Sir:-
Referring to your
ore, beg to state that this ore was from the Standard property
and of course as you have an option on that property it- is of no
further interest.
When I first started corresponding with Mr. Bea, I
had in mind a property in the State of Washington, my attention
from which was diverted by the statement that the Standard proper¬
ty contained ore which might be more readily reduced.
I would ask if you have any further interest in the
Western cobalt ores, in v/hich case, if you will kindly advise me,
I will obtain sanples from Washington and forward the same to you
for such examination as you may wish.
Yours truly,
Expert and Engineer of Tests.
favor of Mayv4th, regarding cobalt
o/o Kant habratory,
lltwj Eatlutati (fJompattg
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w van here some time ago and tool; -away J
Your Mr. hongeneoknr fyao here nomo time ago and took -away
several samples or miner aln from this vicinity, some of which we trust
yo" will find of interest. I ?pr(L»^Jfc tOT^.- Q*.
We are building a narrow gauge railroad about isViles long
from Andrews , on the Murphy brano5^:r°i^jsouf
known as hong Kidgo the Snowbird Valiev in crahai
about isVailes long
, across the mountains
in Graham County and in con-
traverses the western part of this state and Georgia.
In grading this road, we frequently uncover particles o:
erals which show signs of value, and some of them resemble cobalt,
are willing to send yon samples of suoh deposits as we may disco'
and give you the exact location where found. The only condition
as we will cross section! vo,l' the country for 15 miles with our
grading operations, will thereby be able to get an exact knowledge of
the various mineral bearing strata in this seotion.
kindly advise us your pleasure, and oblige,
THe Edison Portland Cement ( q .
' Telegraph, Freight and Passenger Station, NEW VILLAGE, N. J.
nn Cobalt: P. O, Address, STEW ARTSVILLE, N. J.
\ 'Jj&jSM, Sept. 10» 190S-
Mr. Thoma3 A. Edison, Pres., css— », H-/ J) ^
Orange, BT. J. ’ (Q
Dear Sir:- - - ^
i This is to remind you of the samples .of cobalt which you were
to send me. I have inquiries from several people in the South who
think they can find cobalt, but they want soma samples to know what
it looks like. •
Yours very truly,
Superintendent.
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a friend sends to me. I told him that you were interested
in such things find would no doubt like to analyze it.
1906. Motion Pictures (D-06-24)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
production and commercial development of motion picture films, cameras, and
projectors. Included are items pertaining to film prices, film distribution, color
photography, and the activities of competitors. Among the documents for 1906
are letters concerning the construction of Edison's motion picture studio in the
Bronx and the marketing of motion pictures in Germany. The correspondents
include William E. Gilmore, vice president and general manager of the Edison
Manufacturing Co.; Alex T. Moore, manager of the Kinetograph Department;
F. K. Dolbeer, manager of the Credit Department; Leonard C. McChesney,
manager of the Advertising Department; and William Pelzer, counsel in the
Legal Department. There are also numerous letters by John R. Schermerhorn,
chairman of directors of the London-based Edison Manufacturing Co., Ltd., and
Thomas Graf, managing director of Edison Gesellschaft in Berlin.
Approximately 70 percent of the documents have been selected. The
items not selected include letters from the Ives Process Co. concerning
stereoscopic transparencies; canceled construction contracts for work on the
Bronx studio; letters of transmittal or acknowledgment; and documents that
duplicate information in selected material.
WHOLESALE, EXPORT, RETAIL
«T . 1 Y
• hav| t0 refiste! a kick* ' A Party oame In
| Projecting j&chine3from|us and had in his possession
very hands ora^ film catalogu'6 whi^i tjjly got -.from Bullard & Breok,
who you know ar| our oq3#qtito'|s and have for a long time been build-
They sell these at
ing a cheap machine infoppbslti|n to the Edison,
any pric^throwin^ dovr| the. Edison,
, so we are informed, that they have
b|ug|t t<*| machines'' from the Edison Mfg. Co. and are handling
1Id*| w% oan,-t kf have some of these beautiful Edison oata-
'leas% inquire and see if our name has been taken off for
ii|ture l^Jbrature,
,<T' Yours truly, ; i
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[ATTACHMENT]
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- whom X i
ad on hand.
Memorandum to Mr. Gilmore:
Answering attached letter/of Pel
Bullard & Breck is the firm in San^fanSi/
prices on Kinetoscopes, with your approval. I knew at theVfcime th|f,t they
were competitors of Peter Baoigalup|'’ and also that th^ ha’jp been
facturing a cheap machine. In my jfereeident with Bullard &/ Breok
agreed to discontinue the tiianufactunjs oif this machine afiyr Jan. ^t, or
until they could dispose of thefew
Peter Bacigalupi's statement th&t they
is correct, and they are handling Kinetolcop^ upon the same basis
Peter Bacigalupi ;f both getting th\ same <&sc<funts.
In regard to the Edison Catalogue/, the catalogues in question
are Pilm Catalogues and the ^pd^tioiwras only 10,000 and they were not
intended for general distribution to\dealers. We only sent them out on
request. B^cigalupi\s name Vas fyt b|en taken off from our lists for
any literatures or advert isem^
190 1
_nes whic^
IS*
‘ iceVtly bought ten machines from us
[ATTACHMENT]
Jan. 31, 1906.
Peter Bacigalupi, Esq.,
San Prancisoo, Cal.
Pear Sir:
Referring to your letter to me of January 3rd, having reference
to^machines furnished to Messrs. Bullard & Brack, I find that the
Manager of the Kinetosoope Bepartment did make a sale to these people
and that at their own request we sent them Borne of the catalogues to
which you refer. The total edition of this catalogue was 10,000 and
only a few of them were distributed to dealers. However, Mr. Moore has
sent you 50 of them, which is all that we Oan spare, and X trust that
you have reoeived them by this time.
So far as their building their own maohine, our lawyer has this
matter in hand, and they have agreed to discontinue its manufacture; at
least, this iB the information I have on the subject. Of oourBe they
are competitors and I should like to know whether they are hurting your
business to any great extent. X do not so understand it from your letter.
^ Yours very truly,
rao/xw
Vioe-Pres. & Gen. Mgr,
EDISON MANUFACTURING CO.
EDISON PRIMARY BATTERIES AND FAN MDTDR OUTFITS
EDISON PROJECTING KINETDSDDPES AND FILMS.
^12^/ i2'
Mr, W. E. Gilmore, President', , j
Orango , IT . .T, , . / j
X return herewith Kafka:-& "Sohb bill, I .saw Mr.
Kafka in reference to this and he explained that the usual
is
architect's fee is 5fi, and that this. divided approximately as
follows: zfi for drawing general plans find specif! cations;
Z’p for detailed drawings and supervision of lyork on the
building job, and 1^ for attention to contracts. With the fi¬
gures before you you can judge whether the bill is right or not.
Kafka did not attempt to figure the exact amount of the bill
at this time, he simply took an even figure. It is immaterial
to him whether this bill is paid now or whether it i-B allowed to
wait. He understood that you would rather have a bill sent in
at this time and. that \
; you would rather have a bill <
5 his reason for doing so. He s
terial, and particularly the
ifttisfied with the bids as they now -stand, that
as possible, so that orders for ma-
ho Bteel work, may be given at once,
! delay in obtaining thb same from the
Manuf actu ring,.Opmpany .
Jan. 31, 1906.
J. E. Soheraerhorn , Esq., Chairman of directors,
Edison Manufacturing Co., Ltd.,
London, England.
My dear John:
■White has doubtless advised you of various letters that he
has written me in September and November with relation to a small
kinetosoope, on which he tells me he has secured the patentB for the
United States, Belgium, Erance, Germahy and Austria. We have received
three models, and they reached us in very bad condition indeed. However,
we succeeded in getting one of them working, but the reports that I have
from Weber, Moore and Bonine are not at all satisfactory. In the first
place, the maohines were not workable, being poorly made 5 but generally
speaking I do not see wherein this would be of any advantage to ub. It
is nothing but a toy, and I am sick and tired of doing anything in the
toy line.
The reports that I have would indicate that there is nothing very
new in his idea, and Mr. Dyer advises that so far as the patents are
.conoerned he doubts if they could be sustained should litigation onsue,
as the ideas were anticipated some years ago on practically the same
lines.
There is no douht that this is something that could hatter be handled
by suoh people as the Eastman Kodak Co., but 'on the other hand I doubt
if they would take it up, as they have plenty to do to gat out the
cameras that they are manufacturing, and if the worst comes to the worst
they oould afford to give away kodaks— that is, their cheaper kodaks,
so as. to inorease their supply business, and the day may come when they
will do it.
I am only writing you on this general .subject inasmuoh as posBibly
White has been filling you up with' "hot air" as to what he iB going to
do with this, and so that youwill know what. our opinion is. No answer
is neoessary so far as I oan see, as I am going to simply drop it.
Yours very truly,
weg/iw
Vice-Eras. & Gen. Mgr.
- > EDISON MANUFACTURING ED.
a£dW *M"l"'ZV:0 PACT0RY
mark . ORANGE, N.J.
EDISON PRIMARY BATTERIES AND FAN MOTOR OUTFITS
EDISON PROJECTING KINETDSEDFES AND FILMS.
Hr. V,r. E. Gilmore, President,
Orange, 3-T.Jj
Dear Sir:
■ADORfSS YO0R REPLY 1
Pel. 1, 1906.
Attached is a report of the result of the second month's
Kinetoscope advertising*. A total of 687 replies may he taken as an
indication that the advertising is doing all that could be expected of
it. Whether we can make it profitable depends upon how the inquiries
are followed up.
Very truly yours,
EDISON MANUFACTURING CO. ,
Advertising Department.
rv- C W l
Manager.
[ENCLOSURE]
Feb. 1,1906.
REPORT ON REPLIES RECEIVED FROM KINETOSCOPE ADVERTISING
FROM DECEMBER 11 TO JANUARY 8, INCLUSIVE.
Appeared
Cost
Replies
Previous
Report .
A- Collier's 12/30/05
$49.00
38
28
B- Asso. Sunday 12/3l/05
39.20
39
46
C- Cosmopolitan 12/15/05
44.35
23
16
D- Everybody's 12/15/05
58.44
36
28
E- Pearson's 12/25/05
23.48
9
12
F- Munsey 12/20/05
84.00
::-25
17
Clipper
6
4
Billboard
1
3
No Key
214
391
142
296
391
Total for 2 mos. -
—687
Nearly one hundred moi
•e replies were received
from this
advertis-
ing in the second month than in the first and the
cost per r
eply was
77 / , an unusual good showing for an advertisement of this
size. For
the following two months we
! have dropped Pearson's
and Munsey 's and
added Cosmopolitan and Success.
Mr:-, VJ. R. Gilmore
Referring to your memorandum 2-16~'06 asking as to
how inquiries receiYed from magazine advertisements are being followed up,
the attaohed sheet will show what orders have been received directly
traceable to the advertisements in question.
The system we are using is to answer each inquiry and
enclose an Information Card. Upon return of this card we olaBsify the
inquiry according to the answer, and follow up with second letter.
2-19- '06. (LWA)
_ * _
[ENCLOSURE]
Orders received from "Follow Up" System.
Feb. 19th, 1906.
S. Blondheim, Alexandria, Fa. (Munsey)
ordered
1 Universal Projecting Kinetosoope, 180 ft. "A" Film, 263 ft. "B"
Film, 1 curtain.
E. B. & F. E. Baird, Beaumont, Texas,
ordered
185 ft. "A" Film, 240 ft. "B" Film, machine parts.
E. 0. Morley, Exmore, Va. (Slipper)
ordered
Projecting Kinetosoope through Williams .Brown & Earle.
425 ft. "A" Film, 60 ft. "B» Film.
D. L. Minler, Ithaca, N. Y. (Everyhodys)
ordered
Projecting Kinetosoope through T. H. McAllister.
856 ft. "A" Film, 560 ft. "B" Film, machine parts
W. H. Collins, McKeesport, Pa. (Asso. Sunday's)
ordered
1 Exhibition Projecting Kinetosoope through Stieren, Pittsburg.
F. A. Gonzales, Clifton, Ariz. (Cosmopolitan)
ordered
370 ft. "A" Film, 60 ft. "B" Film
C. 1. Sassaria, Bellaire, Ohio,
ordered
1 Exhibition Projecting Kinetosoope
Win. Britton, Bristol, Pa.
ordered
10 ft. Blank Film for Spacing
R. 0. Starbard, Manchester, N. H. .
ordered
1 Universal Projecting Kinetosoope Mechanism.
INFORMATION CARD.
Do you bwn a Motion Picture Machine? _
What make ? _ _
Do -you contemplate purchasing ? _
When do you expect to purchase? _ _ _
Are you in the market for films? _ _ _ •
Do you desire your name placed on our new mailing list for
Catalogs and Illustrated Film Circulars ? _
i Give correct permanent address :
Name _ ! _ _
Street _ _ _
. . ..os. City _ : _ State _ ■
EDISON MANUFACTURING CD.
MAIN OFFICE AND FACTORY
ORANGE, N. J.
EDISON PRIMARY BATTERIES AND FAN MDTDR OUTFITS
EDISON PROJECTING KINETDSODPES AND FILMS.
&£dtf>OTL,
just received from C. B. Harris, Balias, Texas, in which he encloses
check for $256.50 covering our invoice of Nov. 25th, 1905, Kinet-
ograph account.
You will note that he requests us to ship him the enclosed
order, and 1 take it for granted that he expects we will continue
this consignment account indefinitely. I have not referred this
matter- to Mr. Moore as he is not in the office, hut I learn that he
is having some difficulty in obtaining sufficient machines for his
requirements, and in view of that fact I have ny doubts as to the
expediency of continuing this consignment account, as no doubt the
machines oan be used to better advantage. Personally, I would not
take the liberty of approving this order consignment^ without
your sanction.
i Yours very truly,
' ' . ; EDISON MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
Manager Credit Department.
DVR
enc
IVES PROCESS COMPANY
550-552 W.25th ST.
NEW YORK.
V*V
Lv
July 12,1906. J - — '
DR. TH OK AS A. EDI SON // ^ LLe wtw** ^ XX
0R^EW JPRSEY. U*. 1— ^ - **<^~*~ ^
Dear Sir:- l« _ _«.4 y ,> ,3© ta e
We beg to thank you for the great kindness shown*
our representatives yesterday, who secured several ex¬
cellent negatives of which proofs are inclosed for your ,,
criticism. ,S*VK3W — tCZ-y uo XC Jt '
I n|«eraring t0 y°ur order for a KROI^y'knd* sf ext rf ' KROMO-
'■ GRAMS, we venture to ask if we may add ar rewfWHch7fothose\j 5
who are familiar with them, lend much variety to the col- »r\ve
Jc„io"not only, hut are specially illustrative of the re-
Si*0t^e po'ver °f this Process, which is the only perfect
a??1^ation of the sneat color principle of nature, after
all the experiments which have been made by others. Tvnr^r
l ^^rdirtg the arrangement agreed upon with you for a
KROMSKOP portrait of yourself at your home, and of your
home, we shall await your appointment to be made "any time
pen^e sitting of course to be at our ex-
) Your proposition that oUr Mr. Ives meet you at your labora¬
tories to discuBs the problem of^combinlnK color with mo.
•k±2£ fas enthusiastically received by the IVES PROCESS CO.
and who, with Mr. Ives, beg to suggest that if you^approve he
would arrange to show to you, in the hall where you
received us yesterday, the large IVES THEATRE LANTERN - not
quoted in our list, nor yet seen by many- Mr. Ives to give an
informal explanation of his method. You could then have
present any you wished. We have a KROMSKOP Exhibit form of
six with an arc light, which is very effective, and could be
shown at same time.
Awaiting your pleasure as to these different matters, we are,
Very respectfully yours,
IVES PROCESS COMPANY.
voe
Wyyi^ivScvcvsR. ^
V
Referring to the conversations that have lately been had
between yourself, Mr. Ives and me, I beg to say that Mr. Ives,
who in applied optics has received sixteen medals from scientific
societies, is now ready to take up the two problems which you de¬
sire should be worked out, viz: the avoidance of the trembling or
shaking motion in the moving pictures, and showing the pictures in
two colors, hereafter perhaps in three. Mr. Ives is our expert,
and whatever he does in such matters goes to the Ives Inventions,
a Company in which he is interested; but your facilities he might
very likely wish to use. He will go ahead with these two problems,
using his own facilities as far as he can, but when needful using
yours, and will patent such ideas, if possible, and give you the
exclusive right to use them under a royalty to be paid by you, of
25^, the time he uses in inventing and perfecting to be paid for
by you and by us, at §100.00 a week - §75.00 by you and §25.00 by
us; you to afford him the free use of your facilities and appara¬
tus, and we to afford him the free use of ours.
This agreement we suggest should continue for four months,
and if the inventions are not then completed, the work to be
#2.
continued on a -basis of payments to Mr. Ives which shall be sat¬
isfactory to both parties. Mr. Ives thinks he can within that
period work out the problems, but you, better than any other man,
will know that this may not be feasible.
This embodies, as I understand it, what you suggested, except
as to payment to Mr. Ives. But this may not meet your views.
I write this as. a basis of an informal agreement, and I shall be
pleased if you will let your secretary call me up in the morning
(1714 Chelsea) , that I may go out to see you to-morrow before
you leave on your vacation.
Very truly yours,
Pres’t.
This may. not be any news to you, but I am sending it to
you for what it is worth. Messrs. Rock & Smith of Vi'tagraph Compa¬
ny ware here a few days ago and have rented an office in the Schllier
Building on Randolph Street between Clark & Dearborn for a Chicago
Agency and have given out as an e xplanation of their action that
Chicago has grown to be a film center of enough importance to them
to warrant thei*- having local agent for the purpose of pushing
their films more- than they have been in the past.
The Kleins Optical Company , as you know, have been their
selling agents in Chicago for some time past and while they say that
they have not any intention of interfering v/ith Kle ins's business
I know that Oeorge Kleins took the 20th Century train for yew York
Friday afternoon of very short notice,. -
Also the Paths people have given large buyers a special
_jLj.scount of oOfi from their 12^ list on a basis of 30000 feet of
film per month to purchasers of this quantity §8.40 per 100 feet.
The Kleins Optical Company's purchases of film from this Company
will run up to the required amount in order to get this price and
I think that the Chicago Film Exchange and Eugene Cline & Company
. will also purchase enough to take advantage of this special price.
P/e have been unable to dispose of any of the "Vanderbilt
cup race" films owing to the fact that the Vitagraph film "Race for
a i'/ife" includes a part of this same subject and as they were in
this market with, this film on Wednesday, they supplied the trade
with all they needed of this character of film at that time.
Our business here is going along very good and we are making
retail shies at list price right along besides selling maohines\to the
trado, but are not doing vs -y much in films at present.
If you are going to have any new features out soon, I trust
you will arrange to let me have a supply of them as early as possible
and also advance)!: information of same before they are advertised in
Moore
Oct. .16, 1906
Mr. A. T
Billboard and Clipper.
Our IS/ price to the trade of course operates to a certain
extent against our selling a large number of prints in competition
to Paths' s and Vitagraph prices, but at the some time if we have
a sufficient supply to fill first orders when the new films first
come out, we can dispose of fehzi pretty fair number of prints say
from ten to twenty of a good subject at any time.
I also saw a letter today from the Melies people which
indicates that they are contemplating the same sort of a move
in regards to a Chicago Agency as the Vitagraph people have done al¬
though they did not state possitively that that was their object.
Trusting that this information may be of some value
to you, I beg to remain
Telegrams &■ Cables : “ Randomly, London.”
Telephone No. 6050, HOLBORN,
£d»mu
EDISON A\ANUFACTURINO G°. Ltd.
(FACTORY: ORANGE, NO.. UJ.A.)
EDISON PRIMARY BATTERIES AND FAN MOTOR OUTFITS
EDISON PROJECTING KINETOSCOPES AND FILMS.
25 Clerkenwell Road,
r* London, E.C.
. iTovGmbeij 2nd, 1906.
V/. 15. Gilmore, .
0 rang e , IT sw Je ro ey .
Some time ago I wrote you. at length on the film situation and
I presume you have been thinking the matter over insomuch as it.
was something that would require considerable attention. I have
likewise been thinking the matter over.
At the present time we have no-one with us who knows anything
about the film business with the exception of myself and naturally
I cannot give it my personal attention. We have been depending
largely upon Kr, Brown for such business as we have had. Brown has
a limited capital which fact I knew when we opened negotiations
with him. ITaturally this means that I must carefully scrutinise
his account, and it further follows that he cannot get sufficient
stock to do a very large business, that is, his business has been
largely in specia.lising on good new subjects.
As I suggested to you before if we want to do any business
here we must either carry a stock and go actively after it or else
do the business through agents. The latter scheme would, without
EDISON MANUFACTURING ©o. Ltd.
(FACTORY: ORANGE, NJ„ US.A.)
EDISON PRIMARY BATTERIES AND FAN MOTOR OUTFITS
EDISON PROJECTING KINETOSCOPES AND FILMS.
25 Clerkenwell Road,
London, E.C.
doubt , be more or less unsat is factory in that the only people
here we could, look to as obento are themselves engaged in the
manufacture of film, as, for inotanoe, Gaumont, concerning whom X
previously wrote you.
I am ouito convinced that we could do a considerable film
business in this country, also without a doubt a very satisfactory
machine business if we could so direct to the buying; public which
would be doing just e,s are other manufacturers.
I have been watching Brown very closely and in fact have
known him practically ever since I have been here and he impresses
me as being one who could satisfactorily handle this business for
us always, of course, bearing in mind that he would bo under the
direct supervision of the Management of this office. I therefore
to-day had a talk with him and asked him if ho would entertain the
proposition to enter into our employ, and he stated that, he would
do So explaining that ho would not entertain such a proposit ion
provided he had command, of sufficient capital to properly push the
business individually.
I asked him as to salary and ho said £5 per we ok which I do
not think to be too much for a man of his calibre and experience in
CL&dvt<nu
EDISON MANUFACTURING &o. Ltd.
(FACTORY: ORANGE, NJ„ US.A.)
EDISON PRIMARY BATTERIES AND FAN MOTOR OUTFITS
EDISON PROJECTING KINETOSCOPES AND FILMS.
25 Clerkenwell Road,
London, E.C.
the business. It, of course, is possible that ho might come at
a lower salary, hut in view of the fact that I did not wish to
actually conclude negotiations I did not further discuss terms.
1 helievo I previously wrote you that if we expect to do any
husineoo hero it will he absolutely imperative to carry a stoclc;
that the condition of the trade here -was very similar to the con¬
dition in America, viz: that the exhibitors were very discriminating
and it is difficult to sell £rom catalogues, therefore when weigh¬
ing th.evsitueltion you should bear in wind that it will be necessary
to make an investment in the way of film stoclc which carries with
it of course the possibility of some loos in that direction fol¬
lowing. There is no doubt but that there are many subjects in
. our catalogue which you have a considerable sale hero provided wo
could got in touch with oxhibitore and show them the subjects.
It is, of course, possible that we could arrange to make a
selection of presumably saleable oubjects from the catalogue, but
it might bo worth while to consider tho advisability of letting
Brown come to .America to look ovor our subjects providod you would
entertain employing him. . The trip wuld. be made at comparative
/ slight expense, and insomuch as ho could see tho catalogue subjects
I himself, and further, inoomuoh as he is familiar with tho tastes, of
3.
EDISON A\ANUFACTURING Go. Ltd.
(FACTORY: ORANGE, NJ„ US.A.)
DISON PRIMARY BATTERIES AND FAN MOTOR OUTFITS
EDISON PROJECTING KINETOSCOPES AND FILMS.
25 Clerkenwell Road,
London, E.C
tho Jin si 1 oh publio his disc rim inat Inn would ho of great, value.
1’hio last, of oourse, is only e, suggestion and is brought forth
duo to tho faot that Brown stated that lie had boon personally con¬
sidering tho advisability of going to America on his own behalf
in order to actually gee our subjects, and in faot I bolieve ho
would have go no provided he felt he -would bo able to bear the ex¬
pense .
I am not at all satisfied with tho film business and would like
to get. it moving better.
Brovm, in order to make his salary would have'' to sell about
A
5000 ft. per month, all of which would, of course, be sold at
sixpence per ft. instead of fivepence which is the maximum we are
n.ow getting except in very Isolated cases.
Yours very truly, /
- -
Telegrams & Cables : “ Randomly, London.”
Telephono No. 6050, HOLBORN.
(l&dtomu
EDISON MANUFACTURING &o. Ltd.
(FACTORY! ORANGE, NJ„ US.A.)
EDISON PRIMARY BATTERIES AND FAN MOTOR OUTFITS .
EDISON PROJECTING KINETOSCOPES AND FILMS.
V T. 38. Gilmore
Dear Sir,
25 Glerjcenwell Road,
London, E.C.
November 14th, 1906.
, Esq., ./
Orange j New ile nsey ,
\x / O" fi1'
1 received your cable, the translation of which reads as fol-
£
thJ
lows
"letter of October 25th received. Shall ship the Night before
"Christmas November 14th. Do you want us to make 25 or more
"for prospective customers"
and in reply thereto I have to-day cabled as follows
(Coded) ZYMOTIC NEV? YOKE GILMORE Impaired tv/entyfive
Yatertheil Incitatif SCKEKKEKKORN
(Translation) Send as soon as possible 25 "Night before Christmas"
When will you ship.
We have a firm order for 25 of these films end prospectively an
order for a further lot. In order to secure this order, however,
for 25 I was compelled to give exclusive rights, and as e. conse¬
quence em not in a position to do any speculating on our own behalf.
Insomuch as it is getting near the Christmas trade season
I trust there will be no delay in the execution of the order..
J R.S./l.D.
Yours^ruly,
Chairman of Directors.
^"■VW & l*v
Compagnie Frangaise du Phonographe Edison
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Statement of Berlin Orders f rom Nov. 1st, 1906 to Deo. 8,1906.
Date Humber Class A Class B Received Shipped Unfilled
Hov.16 BM2246 3135 Hov. 17 Nov. 30
Nov. 19 PH2249 6025 Nov. 20 Deo. 4
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Nov. 23
Nov. 27
[ENCLOSURE]
Arthur E . Rendle
_ Operating
'‘•‘TINS SKYLIGHTS. .-_, A.9M' DSC .11 . 06 .
Mess. Hugo Kafka & Son,
34 W. 26th St., Hew York.
Sentlemeni-
I have gone over the matter of additional cost for change in
glass, and from galvanized iron to copper, and I find that the very-
best I can do is One thousand three hundred fifty-six dollars and four¬
teen cents, (§1,356.14) . I shall be just as well pleased if the
Edison Manufacturing Co. decide to use galvanized steel.
There will be no change in glass price, namely Three hundred
twenty-seven dollars and thirty-eight cents, (§327.38), thus making
the extra amount for copper. Ten hundred twenty-eight dollars and seventy
six cents, (§1,028.76).
Kindly let me hear—from you at your earliest convenience and
oblige.
HIC .aeeJptc
7 h.p.
7 ■
EDISON- EE5ELLSEHAFT m.b.h. JEr'
EDISON ■ FHONDERAPHEN u.EOLDEUSSWALZEN.
SUDUFER 24/25.
December 14th 1906
Strictly personal!
W.E. Gilmore , Esq. President,
National Phonograph Company,
Orange
Dear Sir,
Some timo ago, before I left for Paris, I wrote you
several letters regarding the film situation and the fact that
we have established a special department and show room here and
that we are preparing printed matters etc.
As you will have seen from the orders which we have been
able to cable you, the business has started nicely and it promises
to be a tremendous success-. I am having our klnetoscope and film
oataloge translated into Russian and Italian and later on also into
Prench, and as soon as I am at the helm of the business I will
start proper departments in all the cities where we have offices.
A show room looated centrally in the city is of great importance,
as our factory is too far away from the heart of the town and
many a/exhibitor will therefore not come to us and many orders
will be lost to us*
I have now been able to make an arrangement with the
Deutsche Mutoskop-und Biograph-Gesellschaf t , and I feel obliged
to give you all details with regard to that arrangement, in order
W.B.Gilmore, Bsq. Orange.
that you fool sure about what hao boon done. The Dautooho Mutookop
und Biograph-GaoollBohaft was originally in vory olooo oonnootion
with the American Biograph Company. The German Company, however,
wao bought up by the partner* of a prominent chocolate firm,
which ranko near Stollwerck Brothers | thio firm is Hartwig & Vogel.
The partnere are of excellent eocial etanding and very wealthy!
they are worth neveral millions of marks. They want to develop
the business of the Deutsche Mutoskop & Blograph Gesellsohaft and
as they themselves have not®suff iclently^equipped^ippainB^us for
making and selling films of their own make, they intended to take
up the sole agency of some American film company. We opened
negotiations with them upon receipt of a communication from you,
enclosing a letter which was addressed to your company, and these
negotiations, after some considerable time, developed into the
arrangements we made with them. They saw us and found the work
in our film department pretty well advanced and they were anxious
to get the agency for our films. We, of course, declined arrange¬
ments on such a basis, but we met them by placing in such
position that they are able to supply films to the exhibitors etc.
in Germany on the same terms as ourselves. As they have well
equipped show rooms in a Berlin main street (Frledriohstrasse) ,
we were naturally anxious to take advantage of this good location,
without being obliged of going to the expenses of renting a place
on Friedrichstrasse ourselves.
The arrangement we made with them, and which I trust you
will approve, is the following:
W.E. Gilmore ,Esq. Orange .
We -the Edison Gesellschaft- grant to no other firm in Germany
hut to the Deutsche Mutoskop-and Biograph Gesellschaft our minimum
film price which is Mk.0,43 pro foot (10 Cents plus duty). We
mutually agree to sell films to exhibitors at Mk.0,51 pro foot
and with orders for not less than 5000 feet at Mk.0,48.
In explanation of the above I wish to say, that these
prices are exactly the same which we have been quoting in the •
past and which are still quoted by London and PariB. The small
difference which you will find in figuring: out the American equiva¬
lent is due to the German custom duty which we have added. In other
words, we have not granted them any special low price nor have we
changed prices otherwise. The change consists only in the fact
that we have agreed not to grant our minimum price to anyone in
Germany but to the Deutsohe Mutoskop-und Biograph-Gesellschaft.
And in order to be able to supply other factors in films at low
prices, although there are not' any who are at present specially
interested, or have shown any interest in the past, we have created
a new price of Mk.0,46 per foot, which is accorded to factors, if
they are actually engaged in sailing films to exhibitors etc. ,
and if they place an initial order for not less than 10,000 feet.
We agreed to name the Deutsche Mutoskop-und Biograph Ges.
in the advertisements which we publish in three exhibitors ‘papers.
We also agreed to name the Eriedrichstrasse address as city show
rooms for our films and machines on our German catalogue. This
address arrangement is also to the advantage of the Deutsohe
Mutoskop-und Biograph Ges., but I had, of course, firstly our own
advantage in view, which consists in having a show room for our
W.E. Gilmore, Esq.Orange.
products in the principle street of Berlin, where exhibitor* will
go and eee and buy our goods.
Ab equivalent for these concessions the Deutsche Mutoskop
und Biograph Ges. is obliged to carry a representative stock of
Edison films and kinetoscopes; the film stock not to be less
50,000 feet; an order for this quantity to be placed with us at
once. The delivery should be made in part shipments, payable within
10 days after receipt of goods. The Deutsche Mutoskop-und Biograph
Gesellschaft also binds itsolf to place orders with us for not less
than 150,000 marks per annum. We agreed not to force them to take
the difference if their orders do not reach that amount, but in
that oase we have the right to withdraw the concessions made.
This arrangement should take force also in Austria, if
they establish a properly equipped branch and show room in Vienna.
In regard to the arrangement about payment of bills, I
wish to refer to what X have said about the partners of the firm.
There is not the slightest idea of a risk, Just as there is no
financial risk if a similar arrangement had been made with Stoll-
werck Brothers, both firms being almost of equal standing. The
Deutsohe Mutoskop-und Biograph Ges. has the option of another year,
if their orders reach or exceed Hk.150,000.
In regard to the Mk. 0,43 price, we are only bound as
far as Germany, and under certain conditions Austria, is concerned;
we are perfectly free to quote this minimum pries under no restric¬
tions in other countries. By this arrangement, of oourss, ws also
reserved the right of changing prices if considered necessary and
we are only bound to give to the Deutsohe Mutoskop-und Biograph-
W.E. Gilmore .Esq.Orango,
Gesellsohaft a notice of 'iSo* days.No rebate to be made them on
films already delivered to them.
We have secured a 50,000 mark order and I have cabled
earns to New York yesterday. A translation of the cablegram con¬
taining a full list of titles of films wanted, I sent to the
Foreign Department by letter to-day* Should the list contain
some subjects whioh for one reason or other you cannot recommend,
it will be satisfactory to substitute other films for them, I
should be very pleased if our order will be scrutinised with that
view, in order that the material we supply to the company is
perfect in every respect, as it is also in our interest that they
should be able to do a satisfactory business on the small margin
we allowed them.
I also should be very pleased if you have been able to
consider my suggestion in regard to the price at whioh films
are invoioed to us. The present margin does not leave ub sufficient
EDISON • EE5ELLSEHAFT M. B. H. ~~N
EDISON • FH0N0ERAFHEN U.G0LDGU55WALZEN. g.'.,
SUDUFER 2/|./25. Nummi^MucHiNBr
7/yl^p December 14th 1906
W.E. Gilmore, Esq. President,
National Phonograph Co.
Oran
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In referenoa to the numerous cable orders for films which
wa sent you during the paat 4 weeks, I begtto say that all these
orders are firm orders on which in several instances we hold sub¬
stantial deposits. Although I have bean inclined to do so, I have
not yet placed. anyl.stook orders with you for films because of the
sad experience which I know you had with the London film stock at
Mr .White's time. We cannot, of course, continually go on as we
have done in the past. In order to do a satisfactory business
it will be necessary that we carry a substantial film stock, and
I should be very glad if you would consider this and ship to us
a number of films which are perfect in every respect. I have mads
out a list of films which we consider will be good sellers in
Germany and I herewith enolose this list. There are only 50
films in all with whioh I wish to begin. Kindly go over this
list and canoel such subjects whioh in your experience you found
as being no good sellers, or being photographically or in other
respects imperfect films, and substitute them by other subjects.
Kindly support me by giving instructions that such film
Eflisim-ftfiHcillsolmft m. b. H.
UKRMN N,
W.E.Oilmor o, Beq. Orange.
cont.2
stock 1b to to forwarded to the Edison Gesellsohaft at onoe, for
there 1b not the leant doubt that we can Bell these filme without
any trouble. I am sura this film stock will soon prove to be
inadequate and will have to be increased. You may also rest assured
that in making dispositions about stock I am exceedingly careful,
and by the care with which our stock has been watched, I have
during these past three years been able in the phonograph business
to supply and completely fill all orders without substitution,
without delay and without overstocking ourselves. I have worked
out in the summer 1905 an automatical stock saheme on records
which relieves everybody in our office of the responsibility for
the stock. The scheme has enabled us to fill all orders prompt¬
ly) even in the height of the season , just before Christmas last
year, we have filled every order { on the evening of December 23rd
we had no unfilled orders on hand, excepting a few small orders
for repair parts etc. which we could not supply.
While on the one hand we have been able to satisfy our
customers promptly and completely, we have on the other hand been
able to keep a minimum stock and a stock in every part saleable.
I do not know if you have seen that from any reports, but I wish to
advise you that this eoheme has made it possible for me to keep
my stock in such shape that Z did not for once resort to the means
of breaking up records, in order to relieve myself of superfluous
or unsaleable stock. When I put this scheme into force, I could
do it only if Ur. GrUsser at the faotory was working in oonjunotion
with us and I am glad to say that he at once recognised the great
W.E. Gilmore , Esq. Orange,
value of that arrangement and fell In with my idea. This has also
enabled him to keep the stock down to a very small size and the
stock he has on hand I ma y soy represents to a single record
only saleable stook.
I am using so many words in order to fully convince you that
as far as stock is concerned we have not been doing anything
injudicial in the past in the phonograph business, and the same
will hold good for the film business, at least I can safely promise
you that. By the film orders already sent and by the quiok sale
of the stook which I hope you will send us, you will no doubt
recognise the enormous possibilities of the film business, and
I should be very glad if you will reconsider the proposition which
I vaguely made to you with regard to printing films hers. I have
an excellent salesman at the head of my film department. I know also
a man who is versed in the film printing business j I could engage
him at a moderate salary.
I should suggest that you send to Berlin one of your men
who knows the technical part of the business thoroughly and who
is in a positon to install the plant here on the principles of
your American plant. He could take along with him such apparatus
which for some reason or other can not be made hero, and the
rest such as appliances for exposure, drums eto. could be made
here without any trouble whatsoever. I do not think that there
should be great difficulties in supplying us with one each negative
of all perfect films, and thus equipped we oould do an enormous
business here. We oould firstly develop the German business, which
will yield surprising results; what we have done in the past was
Eili.Hon-Gearflaohnft m. b. H.
BERLIN N,
W.E. Gilmor a, Eoq. Orange.
only a amall cample of tha future Gorman 'buaineaa.
In the meantime the Ruaalan, Auatrlan and Italian
hueiness could ha organlaed and the demand thua created would
keep the Berlin: film plant ateadily buay.
The appllanoea and tho apace needed for film printing
would not incur any large outlay.
I leave for London to-morrow, where I ehall atay '. for
one or aeveral weeka.
With oomplimanta -f oj= the aeaaon to your goodaelf and
Mr.Ediaon, I am
Th. G/Soh.Dikt . 14.
Telegrams & Cable s
CLCdlhoa
MANUFACTURING Co., Ltd.
(FACTORY: ORANGE , N.J., U.S.A.)
EDISON R^IMyV^Y BATTERIES AND FAN MOTOR OUTFITS
EDigfOrt' ^RO^ECTING KINETOSCOPES AND FILMS.
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25, Clerkenwell Road,
London, E]
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B. Gilmore, Esq. ,
Orange, New Jersey, M.S.A,
December 19th, 3}90Gy..
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Dear Sir,
X em to-day sending to. Mr. Walter Stevens Mr. Graf's requisi¬
tion No. 1422 calling for 209 films aggregating a total length
of 119,765 feet,. I have also previously sent on two or three orders
of less magnitude.
Graf has just made a connection which promises very large
■business, v/ith one particular customer, and is also getting con¬
siderable business in films from other customers.
X am simply writing this v/ith the request that you explain to
Mr. Moore that of course time is of considerable moment, and there¬
fore every effort should be made to expedite deliveries.
Graf who is here v/ith us is very enthusiastic as to the pros¬
pect of the film business in Germany.
Brown is making arrangements to get some more capital in
business and I am going to make a sort of preferential arrangement
v/ith him if he can come up to the scratch, at the same time not
EDISON MANUFACTURING Co., Ltd.
(FACTORY: ORANGE, NJ., U.S.A.)
EDISON PRIMARY BATTERIES AND FAN MOTOR OUTFITS
EDISON PROJECTING KINETOSCOPES AND FILMS.
25, Clerkenwell Road,
London, E.C.
.so tying ourselves up as to put the business entirely .in his
hands. We will do good business here eventually,.
Deo. 20, 1906.
Thoraas Graf, Esq.., Kanaging Director,
Edison Gos.ellsehaft , m.b.H.,
Berlin, Germany .
Dear Sir:
I received your autograph letter of the 2.4th of November
some few days ago, haying reference t.o the manufacture, and rale of
films, kinetoscopes, etc. • I v/anted to find out exactly how v/e
had been filling your orders, and 1 also w anted to discuss the
situation most carefully with my . different people before making
a reply . I find that they have been giving you pretty 'good
service on the orders, and 1 have given instructions that great
care must bo exercised in connection with the prompt shipment
of future orders that you may send us.
The large order that came in a f ew day 3 ago has been duly
entered. I understand that a part shipmont has already been made,
and this will be followed right along with other shipments until
everything has been completed.
I note that you have secured a proper shpw-room for the
•exhibiting of films, machines, etc. , and that proper German liter-'
ature has already beer, issued and that it is your intention .t®
organize this business practically in the same manner as the
phonograph business. I note' the manner in which you secured the
list of customers of goods' of this character, which I must say
ls_auite .novel indeed, as the results .sneak for themselves. '
Thomas Graf. edison manuf4?-)uring company. I2/20/06.
•It must indeed have bean gratifying to he able to secure so
promptly 800 names as a total, and no doubt by this. time these
have been added to somewhat.
Now so far as price is concerned, I realize, of course, that
our competitors over there con sell films .considerably oheaper.
than can we on tills side, but you must remember, that the price
r/a pay for the film otook itself is considerably higher, and so far.
as I have been able to learn our manufacturers over here sell this
stock at lower prices a broad than they do here, being compelled
to do so in view of the competition which they have to meet on. the
part of foreign manufacturers. Naturally where the labor is
considerably oheaper , foreign manufacturers. con manufacture their
• stool: cheaper and thus sell it to users at lower prices; and
furthermore, the manufacturer of photographic films can fix lower
list prioen and then sell to the trade vory considerably lower
than ourselves, on the other hand, if it is your intention i.o
take up the sale of kinetoscopos and films direct to the public
and the exhibitors find that our product is superior to that of
our competitors, naturally they will be willing' to pay more money.
So as to illustrate, I will that our competitors here are 'adver¬
tising and selling direct to the publio at 10, 11 'and 12 oents
per foot, whereas we maintain a standard price of 16 oents per
foot, and we have no trouble in souring orders and filling the
present factory plant with work. Although you may take the
Btand that this might be. all right here, it is Btill my opinion
that exhibitors are willing to pay more money for a satisfactory
article than to pay less money for an article that is not satis¬
factory. We endeavor in the making' up of aubjeots to get every
detail as nearly correct as possible and to obviate at every point
Thomas Graf. edison manufactiSSi^jg company. ls/20/06.
• characterizations, scenic effects, etc., that the public could
readily see are ficticious. In other words, we endeavor to make
our subjects as true to life as it is possible to have them.
I do not know what your ideas arc about special prices for
Europe to meet the competition that you refor to. V/e have not
heretofore made any great {Mount of money out of the film business
that has been handled by your predecessor, Mr. White, notwithstand¬
ing the fact Unt he was thoroughly familiar with this particular
bran oh; but it would appear that he would practically give away
film in order to dispose of it. I mean by this that he would ,
sell it at such a slight advance over hia cost delivered in London
that there was practically no profit left. Then again I think he
favored a few, and I do not call this good business under any
circumstances. Eurthor than this, lie ordered large quantities of
different subjects and eventually returned the greater part of it
■to us and we were compelled to destroy d great deal of it, as thd
subjects had become obsolete, or else dispose of them through other
agencies at, a loss-. You, of course, understand that we oould not
afford to place these old subjects on the market at a decreased
price, as the effect would be very demoralizing to the general
trade.
■ I do not see now exactly how a central plant would bo of any
advantage. I have talked the matter over with Mr, Moore, Manager
of the ICinetograph Department, and he does not enthuse on the
matter. On the other hand, I agree with you that if wo intend to
do any business in this line abroad, we have got to be in a posi¬
tion to furnish subjects 'that will be suitable for the different
countries, and even after the negatives have been completed, it
is then neoessary to hurry the manufacture of the positives, and
thus eoure every possible monetary benofit that there is to be
_ EDISON MANUFACTURING COMPANY. „ t ■ /
Thoirtas Graf , ( 4 J 12/20/06 .
derived- from the sale of came . This business must bo done quiet¬
ly, if. at all, and new subject a last as & rule only a limited'
■time. It is somewhat liko. the record business, in that a fir eat
many of the. records- made each -month are manufactured and sold in
largo quantities for a period of a few months, hut , thereafter the •
interest of the public ceases absolutely; and the same rule applies
here, that after the public' have seen' any particular subject
once they are pot interested thereafter*. This is our experience
here, and I judge that the some- conditions would apply abroad. Of
•one thing I am sure, the manufacture and sale of foreign subjeots
aaustf 'be' done in the different countries, and subjeots must be ■
furnished that will' prove. the most interesting to oaoh respective
country. In a great many. oases certain films cap be utilized in
almoat every civilized community, but, on the, other hand, -there
must be a great deal of local color introduced to accomplish the
best results. It is therefore a question in my mind as to whether
all the negatives .that we would furnish you would be satisfactory
for the European market. It is, of oourse, a matter of judgment,
and great care wpuld have to be oxerciBed to-raako.it work properly.
1 am almost certain; that, you could purohase tho raw film stock at
much more advantageous, prices than wa are purchasing it here, for
th'e reasons aboye 'indicated. It might bo 'well, .however , when you
get around to it,, 'for you to secure prices in large quantities.
Wo are using now /all put 1 1, 0,009. jucy per month, of. film that v/e
secure from tho -'Eastman Kodak Co., Kochostbr,- N.\Y. We have ‘
always found their stock, to be of the best grade .and accomplish
tiye best results; with it. ’ , . .
The securing of proper help to look after- this1 is, as you .
say, a mere detail with you, but you want to ;see jfcheit thouo in
Thomas Graf. edison manufactu^-^^ company. 12/20/06.
charge are thoroughly familiar with thoir business.' I might add
that v re have not the same experience here as yourself, as it is
difficult to get people who know this business thoroughly and in
whom we can trust,
1 shall, of course, be very glad to hear from you further on
thin subject, as indicated in your communication. I figure tiiat
it takes about two weeks from the time we make shipment to you
until you actually receive the goods. If I am not oorreot as to
thin I wish you would so advise me. ,
ITow in regard to the margin of profit to the Edison Gesell-
s shaft , X am having this figured out most carefully and I am hoping
to bo able to write you fully on this situation in my next letter
am! after X have heard further from you. .
Your suggestion .about taking over the sum of 6,000 marks'
as an offset for expenses that you have incurred in connection
with this particular branch of the .business, same to bo taken as '
a credit for the work that has boon done in the way 0 f advertising,
circularising, etc. etc., appeals to me a0 being all right ; but
wliat you want to do is to forward a bill to tho national Phonograph
Co., and we will take oar a of the rest of it.. Hy reason for this
is that the’ National Co. receive all the emoluments that come in
tho way of profits, and the question of who will stand tills expense
is one that X will take up and decide on this side after your bill
has been forwarded to me.
I am very glad that you have written me 30 fully-on this
situation, but I want to warn you particularly not to lot this
interfere with tho phonograph business as a whole. Of course
wo wont to do all tho business that we possibly can, but on the
other hand I do not feel that you should overload yourself at tho
present time, and I dp want' to got matters' 90 straightened out,
Thomas Graf. (_&) V'/zo/oPi.
EDISON MANUFACTURING COMPANY. *.'/W/UO. ,
particularly in ■ Franco, that we will not he continuing to suffer
large losses in that territory; and then again, tne British situa¬
tion also requires considerable watching and I -think will require
much more thought during the coming year, due to the fact that our
competitors are getting very active, and we must,, of course, be
able to moot any new conditions that may arise.
You mention in your letter that you hope to open other ple.oes
for tiie sales of films, etc., and I assume that you refer first to
London and then to other markets. The situation Is a most
important one and will require a great deal of thought and
deliberation before a final understanding is readied.
We have thought for. a' long time that v/o could make some
reciprocal arrangement with some of the foreign manufacturers
it might, be mutually advantageous, but just, how we can work that
out, I ®a not prepared at this writing to soy, I mean by this
■.that if .wo could make some arrangement with them whereby wo could
take up the sale of their output over here it would be better for
thorn , as they would avoid all expense which they now have in the
way of off iocs, rent, heat, light, eto., and 1 feel quite 3ure that
quite a few of the agencies of foreign, manufacturers on this side
are having a pretty hard., time of it. I '
Your3 very truly,
s. & Geii. Mgr.
weg/cvav
Vice-Prei
Kineto. Department,
Deo. 28,1906.
ilmore :
X herewith give you report of first weekly shipm-
. Oraf's Berlin Order of 119,000 ft.
Total shipment 31,000 fast (3oSv^t)
J. Delzei
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY,
ROCHESTER, N . V.
December 31, 1906.
Edison Manufacturing Company,
Orange, H. J.
Gentlemen :-
V/e beg to advise that, commencing January 1st, 1907, the price
of Cinematograph film, 1-3/8 inches wide, will be 3^ per foot net, unper¬
forated, and 3 per foot net, perforated, regardless of quantity. V/e
feel assured that this announcement of a substantial reduction in price
will be pleasing to you and trust that we may be favored with your largely
increased orders during the coming year.
Yours truly,
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
By
EDISON MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
Dec. 31, 1906
Thomas Graf, Esq., Managing Director,
Edison Gesellschaft , m.b.ll.,
Berlin, Germany.
Dear Sir:
X have your favor of the 14 th, on the subject matter of
films and enclosing a list of 50 films that you desire sent, to you
for your stock.
\fe shipped you last week against your large order for about
119,000 feet of film, 31,000 feet, -and. we expect to continue to
ship to you about the same amount qaek week until the order is
completed. Immediately this order is completed, we will then
take up the stock order above-mentioned, enclosed in yours of the
14th, and put it right through, with the exception pf the follow¬
ing films :
3KREE " TERRIBLE KIDS.11
There may be a little delay in getting out these three
films, inasmuch as the last s ection of the negative is not clear
and it must be made over again,; but we hope to get the negative
completed within the next few weeks , and we will then get these
out and send them along to you.
.1 "IIOV JOKES DOST HIS ROLL".
This was an extremely good subject, but the negative has
Thomas Graf. , EDIS0N man^oturing company. 12/51/06.
been used so much, that tho films are somewhat imperfect. However,
I am goisig to taka a chance and send you one of thorn so that you
can sea' for yourself 'whether it can ba used. V/e would make it
over again were it not for the faot that the demand is now very
limited; iri other wordn, the novelty has worn off.
1 "HOARDING BCHOOH GIiM" .
This film is not at all clear and will not bo made up
for you. -
1 "KXRPTOMAHIAC " .
' . This is a v«rji poor print, has been worked out end is do
not, consider it good enough to send to you, and it will hot pay
us to make it over again at1, present. ■
1 l!«UJ-rSET LI’ilTBJ)"..
This is a very poor print and has boon over since it
was made, . V/e will’ Hot send it to you.
1 "UNOIit! JOSH AT TJIB HOV.TMr PXOTtJPJB SHOT/",
This was not marie satisfactorily originally and it is
very indistinct, and therefore wo .will not .send you one of them,'
2 "IilFS Ol1’ AH .AHHHICAH FIEEMA1T" .
This film is not satisfactory and 1 have therefore
cut it out. , ?
1 "HR. EM SON IN. HIS LABORATORY11 .
I shall send you oner of these, although X am not entirely
satisfied with it. of course there is no action to this, but
thinking possibly it might bo interesting I have instructed thorn
to sond it along.
In addition to tiio abovo wo shall Bond you ono oaoli of tho
following, using our own best judgment s
TJio’jiaa Graf. edison manu^turinq company. l;i/3l/06.
'•JCASHMSmr la pl«oo Of "hOARDIHG SCHOOL GIRLS"
"STOKSiniY GYPSIES’1 , in. place of "KLEPTOMANIAC"
LED.
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fii.fi .MOVING PICTURE SHOW"., •.
11 SPEC TABULAR SCEMEfi DURING THE JOT YORK CITY PIKE" , in place
Of “1M OV s£f AMERICAN PIKffi'OT*'.'
I .Have token up tlwiwr matters with you at this time in detail,
but hereafter I nhall simply turn the lo tiers oyer to hr. Moovo,
•Manager of the Kirietograph Department, with instruct lono that ho
write you fully.
In connection with this particular order, if it is your doairo
tho.t vra put it ■ahead of the large stock order for 119,000 foot
above-mentioned, cable mo the word “RUSK’', and I will understand
that you want this particular stock order put ahead of the largo
order. If I do not hear from you by cable we will simply go ahead
and fill the larger order first, 1 laving this stock order follow
immediately thereafter.
Generally speaking, what you purpose doing seems to he all
right,. and it goes without saying that we will co-operate with you
in every possible way.
So that you will understand what we aro doing, I will say to
you that for the last two weeks, and until these largo orders aro
completed, our factory will work on your output, three day's a wo ok,
. tho balance of .the week going to domestic and other orders. Al¬
though wo have increased our manufacturing plant materially, wo now
find that it is' inadequate, and wo have boon preparing to enlarge
it and hope to do so in the near future so as ’to be able to take
care of your requirements promptly.
"LEHIGH VALLEY BLACK BIAKOHD piimsS" , in place of "STJITOTT
slplaoa of "UNCLE J0S3I
Ttiojuas Graf. EDIS0N manufac^nq company. , 12/31/06,
The proposition of our a ending a man from hero to look after
the installation of your printing plant there, is one that 1 want
to give further consideration. I have already written you in
answer to your previous letter quite fully, and I have not yet
decided v.-hat we will do. The question with me is, whether in
putting up a suitable plant, it , would not be best for all con¬
cerned to have one that will take oare of not only the business in
Germany, but in the' British Isles and the balance of the Conti¬
nent as well; in other words, have one central plant, and when wo
begin to make it, make it sufficiently large to toko oare of all
requirements . I do not believe in having too many plants , par¬
ticularly film plants, so that I. v/nnt to give this matter very
careful consideration before I decide definitely what we intend
to do.
There is no question but that the principal parts of the
apparatus own. bo manufactured there better and cheaper than it J-<
can bo done here. . The question of supplying you with one each
of the negatives of all porfoct films, howovor, is something that 1
ha3 got to havo moot careful consideration. At the present time
all we have is one negative of each. YTe have not found it
necessary to make two or more so far, as ono ueomed to answer our
purpose, particularly on these novelty subjects'; but there is
food for thought as to our making negatives, at any rate, and I
■am going to consider it most carefully,
X also have your other letter of tho 14th, advising as to
the arrangement made with tho llutoacopo & Biograph Co. in Berlin
which I note is now oont.rollod by the firm of Hartvrig * Vogel, and
that this gives them good standing in tho community commercially.
Tiiopus Graf. (5) I2/31/06.
:I have no orl'tiolm to rnko on the arrangement that you have made
with them. A one-yoar urrauGouiont of this hind is, flu-ito satisfac¬
tory indeed, .aa you will 'by the end of the year inow more about
the business than you do at present, and if they are able to do
a bueinoau of 150,000 marks in one year 1 see no good reason why
vrn should not increase our business materially all 'Mount so os
to nsiko. this a good and paying business, '
The question of the price to you is having my further con¬
sideration, but I itxa leaving town Wednesday and shall not bo able
to recite you definitely on this for about two weeks.
Yours very truly,
WSG/iv AV Vice-Pros. & Gnn. l!gr.
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1906. New Jersey Patent Company (D-06-25)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
New Jersey Patent Co., a patent holding company for the National Phonograph
Co. and other Edison concerns. Among the items for 1906 are letters from
Edison and Jonas W. Aylsworth regarding the rights of the New Jersey Patent
Co. to their patents. Some of the items pertain to company holdings in the
Battery Supplies Co. Most of the letters are addressed to William E. Gilmore,
president of the New Jersey Patent Co.
The three items not selected consist of a notice of a stockholders'
meeting of the Battery Supplies Co.; a statement of account with the French
patent agents, Brandon Brothers; and an unsolicited letter from an inventor in
Orting, Washington.
National Phonograph Company,
Orange, New Jersey,
Gentlemen :-
Regarding my patents on processes for naking
molded records, No. 667,662 dated Eebruary 5th, 1901 and No.
713,209 dated November 11th, 1902, these patents, as you will
remember, .were assigned to the National Phonograph Company for
the purpose of permitting suits to be brought thereon in the
name of that company. This course was considered desirable
for legal reasons, since the company was the licensee under
said patents and the only manufacturer under the same. Under
the resolution of the Board of Directors of the National Phon¬
ograph Company, dated April 20th, 1903, it was agreed "that
on the termination of the pending litigation on the said pa¬
tent, the officers of this company are hereby directed to re¬
assign the said patent to Hr. Edison or his nominee as of thiB
date." Since 1 am informed that the pending litigation involv¬
ing these patents has now terminated, I have to request that in
accordance with our understanding, the patents be now trans¬
ferred and re-assigned to my nominee, the New Jersey Patent
Company, a corporation organized under the laws of this State.
I already have an understanding with the New Jersey Patent
Company that the equitable title in and to each of these pa¬
tents should be vested in that company from and after the
27th day of June, 1903, and the object of the present request
is to vest the legal title of each of these patents in the
New Jersey Patent Company also. In this connection, there¬
fore, I hereby consent to, ratify and confirm any payments
for royalties under said patents which may have been made to
the New Jersey Patent Company since June 27th, 1903.
•ft'-'.
J. W. 9YL8WOBTH,
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April 16, 1906.
J . W. Aylsworth, Esq. ,
223 Midland. Ave.,
East Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:
Your letter of March 31st came duly to hand, hut. I desired
to confer with our people before making answer thereto.
The understanding as indicated in your communication is entirely in
order, and on behalf of the various companies which I represent I desire
to say that it is our intention to pay you for any improvements or bet¬
terments that you may make for us, the same as we have done in the past;
and I further desire to say that where the question of the use of a
patent in connection with our business is brought up I think it would be
well to leave this to be considered by Mr. Edison, you and myself, when
I can -assure you that you will be given every consideration, and our
treatment will, I trust, be most satisfactory to all concerned.
Trusting that this will be entirely satisfactory, I am,
Yours very truly, 4'
w/iw
President.
JOHN E. HELM
Newark, N./j. , July lo, 1906.
William E. Gilmore, Esq.,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
Enclosed please find check/tor $6930. made by the Battery
Supplies Company, Incorporated, to /ew Jersey Patent Compary; and
check for $70. made by myself to n/w Jersqy Patent Company, being
in lieu of checks drawn to the order of E. G. Dodge for $7.', E. E.
Hudson for $7., and John E. HelJfor $56. I have deposited these
checks to my personal account ahd drawn my personal check against
the same to re-imburse the W Jersey Patent Company and pay to it
the total sum of Ift7000., be iijg twelve per cent dividend pro rata for
the last seven months' bush
I have taken the ^ladstone stock and transferred it to
New Jersey Patent qompany.y
I except to send the books and papers of the Battery Sup¬
plies Company to you\_gffice some day this week. May I kindly ask
you to so inform Mr. Westee.
Yours truly,
William E. Gilmore, Esq.,
Orange, N. J.
Dear Sir:-
Enclosed please find stock certificate took and stock
certificates in reference to the Battery Supplies Company. Also
proxy from the New Jersey Patent Company to me to vote on the amend¬
ment of thei 'by-laws at the special meeting of the stockholders to
be held on the 26th day of July. The by-laws provide at the present
time that in order to hold a special meeting of the stockholders, at
least ten days notice must be given to each stockholder in writing
setting forth the purpose of the call.
The notice for the call of the meeting and a letter of
instruction has been sent to Mr. Hudson, the Secretary of the Com¬
pany, and you will undoubtedly receive notice of the meeting in a
day or two. '
Everything else pertaining to the legal end of this Com¬
pany seems to be in first class shape.
May I kindly ask you to have Mr. Randolph acknowledge to
me the receipt of the stock certificate book and the stock certifi¬
cates, for at present Mr. Westee holds my receipt for all the papers
and books.
JSH-HD.
Enc.
Yours t ruly ,
1906. Phonograph - Edison Phonograph Works
(D-06-26)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
business of the Edison Phonograph Works. Among the items for 1906 are a
series of detective reports addressed to William E. Gilmore, president of the
National Phonograph Co. and manager of the Edison Phonograph Works,
regarding the sale of scrap from the Works; a statement of assets and
liabilities; and a memorandum concerning weekly production. Also included is
a letter from Frank L. Dyer, general counsel of the Legal Department,
pertaining to affidavits sworn by Edison as part of the ongoing litigation with the
New York Phonograph Co.
Approximately 20 percent of the documents have been selected. The
items not selected include notices of board meetings, statements of account,
and routine detective reports.
Eewark, E. J. , February 13th, 1906.
Ur. fra. 35. OilEore, President,
Orange, He?; Jersey.
Pear Sir
V'O beg to submit, herewith, firm's report of the
9th and 10th inst . , in the Benisch nutter
he understood that Penisch's two wagons were to
go to Ediso# Phonograph forks on the 9th inst. V/e were
prepared to meet them there. However the storm prevented
them from making the trip. V/e were informed then that
they would visit the plant on the 10th inst. C. J. 0.
arrived at 7:45 A. I,!, and J. O'B. followed shortly after.
Had one Operative among the men in the yard who has been
there since the 51st ulto. All arrangements had been made
as to plan of action and when the wagons were loaded they
were allowed to leave the yard. In the meantime we had
received report that hr. Bradley had weighed up for Benisch
5,518 lbs. of brass turnings and 896 lbs. of punchingc,
making a total of 6.414 lbs. These metals were loaded on
two trucks and Hr. Bradley reported that they were in
t.,enty oij,. (26) barrels. When the trucks wer e intercepted
and returned to the yard, to where the scales were, for the
purpose of weighing the loads, we found on the first wagon
Newark, V.. J. , February 15th, 1906.
Report of the 9th ana 10th inst. Pirn.
— 2—
unloaded, which was driven by an Italian, one barrel
supposed to be sweepings, but v;hioh contained sweepings
only on the top and underneath good brass Material. This
barrel weighed := 10 lbs. net. One barrel of copper
punchings and wire weighing 87 lbs. net and one box
containing copper o.nd nickel weighing 93 lbs. net, making
a total of 390 lbs. l'hese three packages hr. Bradley
said he knew he had not weighed and as they were coming off
wagon C. J. 0. heard Hike Billon say that they were not
weighed. There then remained on Italian's wagon fourteen
(14) barrels of waste material which we re-weighed find which
netted 3,220 lbs. On the other truck we found twelve (12)
barrels, net weight of which was 3,294 lbs., a total weight
of 6,514 lbs. for the twenty six (26) barrels. These twenty
six (26) barrels L’r. Bradley acknowledged weighing originally
but could not account for them weighing IOC lbs, more than
he had reported. Afterward we ascertained from hike and Fred
that they l.ad taken a part barrel of brass ahd spread it over
the tops of these other barrels, which accounts for the
overweight of 100 lbs. Add this 100 lbs. overweight to
weight of the three packages that were not weighed before
loading, namely, 390 lbs. , makes a total of 490 lbs. of
brass, copper and nickel waste
material that Beni sell was
Kewark, Jf. J., February 13th, 1906,
Heport of the 9th and 10th inst . Firm.
receiving was not charged pith end which the Edison
Phonograph '.Yorks had no knowledge of delivery. As re
understand it Benisch contracted to puy about ten cents
per lb. for this waste Material which would make ft loss to
Fdison Phonograph Works of .*49.00. V/hen the loads wore
all re-weighed, the first man called into the office to
be Questioned was Bradley the Weigh Luster. lie could not
explain why the twenty six (26) barrels shewed an overweight
of 100 lbs, when re-weighed nor could ho explain how the
three packages were put on Benisch 'a wagon. After Bradley.
Benisch ' s two drivers were Questioned, also Fred Jaeger and
Like Dillon. At this time they did not admit to stealing
from the Edison Phonograph -orbs, professing to believe
that it was all right to give away these goods. Benisch 's
wagons were allowed to go away empty and Dillon and Jaeger
were escorted to the Police Station in West Orange by
Special Officer fite. Lalone . Lr. Weber and C. J. C. followed.
.uUber in the day Like Dillon and Fred Jaeger made statements
to Chief of police Wm, H. Branford. Ihey were allowed to
depart. On Sunday morning C. J. C. and J. O'B. arrived at
Police St at i op in West Orange about 8:15 A. I!, and met the
Chief there. Afterwards C. J. c. and J. O'B. went to
Edison Phonograph Works and at about 11:30 A. K.
met Like
i; ewark , E. J. , February 13th, 19CG.
Hep or t of the 9th r.nd 10th inst. Firm.
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Dillon and Fred Juogtr and brought these people to the
Police Station. They finally made a statement the
substance of which is as follows:- Phot they had known '
Benisch for some tike, f as noted in etc- of 3 ,;ir
statements) and that Benisch had told them if they would
mfdce up barrels of yooc! waste material he would "make it
rifjht" with them. Ee had given them small amounts of money
ranging from $1.00 to $8.00 or $3.00 on almost all of his
visits; and they described his actions on the 10th inst.,
as follows. Prod Jaeger said that before Bradley hud
come to the brass shed that Benisch spoke to him (Fred )
o.nd said that Bradley v/ould soon be there to weigh un the
waste material. Fred prepared to make room to work with
Bradley as the brass shed was filled. The first package
he moved was u part barrel of brass; Bc-nisch asked him what
it was and then ordered him to move it to one side which
Fred did. Ee came to barrel which was supposed to be
sweepings and Benisch asked Pred "Are these the sweepings?"
Fred said, "Yes". Benisch ordered this put one side and
afterwards seeing a box containing copper and nickel be
asked Fred what this was and told him to put this box on
top of the first barrel that Fred was told to set aside.
Benisdh afterwards asked Fred for a piece of chalk and with
hew ark , K. J. , February 13th, 1906,
Report of the 9tl> and 10th inst. 1'irra.
this chalk he marked the barrel of sweepings with a white
"X". 14k© says that on -.‘rid ay Fred Jaeger showed Mm a
barrel that he was making up for Beniseh that would be
known as sweepings and thnt when Frail showed him the barrel
he said to Fred, "It was not right- it was a shame to fix
this barrel up for Beniseh as it was too gfled for this" and
hike further stated to Fred, "Vfe will get into trouble",
hike tells in his statement that Fred Jaeger remarked that
"he would fi. it up", hike says that lie saw i’red take
steel turnings to the brass shed where this barrel was and
later when he went there he looked into this barrel and saw
the steel turnings on top of the brass in the barrel which
was supposed to contain sweepings, thus covering good stuff.
.Then Bradley finished weighing up the twenty six (26)
barrels he went away to do other work that he was assigned
to. Besides loading the twenty six (26) barrels on wagon
hike and Fred assisted drivers to put on the two barrels
and one box of waste material and also says that they
spread upon various barrels about one half barrel of brass
waste material. That probably is the half barrel that was
the first package handled by Fred Jaeger in the presence
of Bonisch and ordered set aside by Beniseh and accounts,
Ilewark, j. , February 13th, 1906.
Beport of the 9tl: end 10th inet . Pirn.
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perhaps, for the overweight of 100 lbs, in the twenty-
six (26) barrels. hike says that when they wore loading
the wagon he saw a part barrel of brass that was set
aside from weighed up barrels and that v/hen they came to
put it on wagon; he, hike, spoke to Jaeger about this
barrel not having been weighed and that Jaeger replied that
"he knew it had not" and that""he"" would wake it all right,
hike said that he knew that Jaeger meant Beni sob would
wake it all right. Hike says that lie saw the box of
nickel hangers that was on truck and knew it was not
weighed and also the barrel of copper that was not weighed,
hike says that lie knew that this barrel of copper was to be
taken away and that the Edison' Phonograph Porks did not
laiow anything about it and that they would get no pay for
it. i»ike further says that he knew the barrel of supposed
sweepings, the box of nickel and the part barrel of brass
were also to be token away without the knowledge of the
Edison Phonograph lVorls and they were not to get any pay
for it. Hike says he saw all of this stuff loaded on the
wagon. Both Hike and Pred say that after the stuff was
weighed and before it was loaded on the wagons, Benisch
came to them and handed Pred Jaeger u Pive hollar bill.
Pred Jaeger gave the Pive hollar bill (§5.00) to Benisch 's
Newark, B. J., February 13th, 1906.
Report of the 9th ana 10th inst. Firm.
Italian truck driver and he (driver) went to Feeney's
saloon and purchased a bottle of whiskey for tv/enty five
cents ($.25) and spent five cents (§.05) for a drink for
himself. He returned directly and gave Fred the bottle
of whiskey and Four Dollars and Seventy Cents (§4.70)
the change from the Five Dollar bill (§5.00). The bottle
of whiskey was for Fred and Hike and each received Two
Dollars and Thirty Five Cents (§2.35) in money.
Newark, If, J. , February 16th, 1906.
I.Ir. Vim. 3. Gilmore, President,
Orange, New Jersey.
Pear Sir:-
V/e beg to submit, herewith, report in the Benisch
natter, interviewing John Gabel:-
V/e sent Operative F. 0. to -;”89 Baldwin Street,
Wednesday, the 14th inst. , to inquire for John Gabel, to
ascertain what he was doing at the present time and who he
was formerly employed by. Vie learned that the John Gabel
living at this address is now unemployed, but was formerly
in the employ of Benisch and Bro. , Junkmen, and had been on
and off for twenty years past employed by above concern,
and also in the firm known as Benisch and Son. Gabel has
also been employed by Samuels, the junkman, and Iiaybaum, the
butcher. Our object on Wednesday was only to locate this
party. On Thursday, the 15th inst., we sent Operative N. I.
to -f 89 Baldwin Street to request hr. John Gabel to call at
the office of John 3. Helm. At 4 P. M . 0. J. 0. received
word from hr. Helm that Gabel had arrived and to come over.
C. J. C. went to Mr. Helm's office directly end was informed
that Gabel had left the office saying he would come back
shortly, which he did. C. J. C. talked to Gabel for about
Win . IS.' Gilmore, Orange, i;. J.
Report on John Gabel. 2-15-1906.
an hour. At first he seemed to know nothing of any
/ib-
value to us, hut finally admitted,, one time, when he was
under the influence of liquor and had quit Beniseh, he
stopped at Samuel's place and wanted work. During his
conversation with Henry Samuels lie, Gabel, said that
Benisoh was carting stuff from Kdisons and that the sweepings
he received from up there were never weighed. Gabel told
C. J. C., in the presence of Hr. Iielm, that he knew the
sweepings were never weighed. He said that Beniseh would
generally arrive at the Edison Phonograph forks to see that
waste materiel was weighed up and depart before lie, Gabel,
arrived to have same loaded on his truck. lie said that
he knew that while the sweepings were not weighed at the
Edison Phonograph forks, he could not tell whether the other
stuff was weighed or not^that would be delivered to him.
Gabel said that when he arrived at Bonisoh's place of
business the sweepings would always bo weighed and further
stated that these sweepings were placed in the yard with
other brass waste material and when the yardman had time
the latter would get the dirt from the sweepings, place them
in a bon and return them to Edison Phonograph V’orks on
Gabel's truck with instructions to have the dirt weighed
for the purpose of deducting the weight Of this dirt from
the weight of brass waste material charged up to Beniseh.
Beniseh asked the driver if he sa^ that the box was
”!n. E, Gilmor e , Orange, E. J,
Report on John Gabel. 2-li5~1906.
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will make a weight for the truck”. Gabel says lie
always understood that it would he i'.vike Sill on who
would make the weight for the truck.
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Mr. Edison:
I did not show you the report of machines assembled for week
ending September 22nd. We actually assembled a total of 6699 machines,
made up as follows:
Gems 1670
Standards 2769
nomes 1963
Trituqphs 297.
I hope that m will do better than that this week.
This for your information. You can destroy this memorandum when
you are throu$i with it.
9/24/0 6. \7. E. Gilmore.
1906. Phonograph - Edison United Phonograph Company
(D-06-27)
This folder contains correspondence relating to the Edison United
Phonograph Co., which was organized during the 1890s to exploit the
phonograph in Europe. Most of the letters are by Stephen F. Moriarty, former
vice president of the company. They concern the financial difficulties of the
company and its relations with Edison.
All of the documents have been selected.
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[TO JOHN MORIARTY]
tfoL '
v A R I 3, January 93rd, 1906.
fay dear Johnt-
I was astounded, on receiving the letters yesterday, stating
that you had used your property, or mortgaged it, n3 I did not wish this
done undor any consideration whatever, and I had sent through Tfillie
Clark, £6, 000. to bo paid on Saturday, the 13th, after having received
word that it was too late to secure the mortgage on the property. And
in relation to the time, - 60 days . - it was absolutely against my in¬
structions, and you would hnve done a great deal bettor to have declined to
allow anything ttf be done in the matter, no matter what Morrison may have
influenced you to do, than not to have stuok to the terms and the instruc¬
tions contained in my letter. You would find yourself in a nice fix if
at the end of 60 days the lonn should not be paid and Seligmnns should
got possession of your property. Fortunately, I hope to bo able to take
it out of their hands at onoa, and you need not tell Morrison how it is
done. Do not sign any mortgage under any circumstances. - Repudiate the
transaction because Morrison did not carry out my instructions. You need
not bo afraid of anything. Just repudiate the transaction, and I will see
that Seligraans are paid. As a matter of fact, they have as much to lose
if Soarles should get in ns I have.
I do not believe in this 'bugaboo about the Dearies crowd
trying to do this and that. These legal actions cnnnot be taken in a day,
and unless the action was brought before tho money was paid, they would
have no reoourse.
■ I am very sorry that you were troubled and I am very sorry indeed
that you hnve for a moment put the property in anybody's hands, and I am
going to have it returned, free of mortgage, at once. I do not want any
mortgage on it. But I do want, and I shall most emphatically insist and ’
take steps to secure it, that the £1800.00 due on February 22nd, - not
a single penny of it - 3hall be pppliod to any purpose whatever except
for the reduction of this loan. Ko matter what Morrison says about salary,
he has not boen in the office and I consider him a d - fool and all
all his efforts to help me when I had already helped mysolf wore bluff.
J ' '
Me is perfectly willing to dtay avray from the office for months, - and
hesidos that, it was Seligman's business to furnish the money without any
mortgage, simply on the note of the Company and the Dividend Warrants,
and whoever delivered the money to the Guaranty Trust Compahy without
getting the Dividend Warrants issued to them , were absolutely incom¬
petent to do business, nnd if you had done so, I would hnve been very
sharp with you, but it was not you who did it, but those who should have
known better.
1 hadthe money in New York to bo paid Saturday morning
and Morrison must hnve known that I had that money, but for ?ome reason,
he preferred to get a mortgage on your property. I wrote you specially
about the mortgage and what to do, and you had no right whatever to dis¬
regard my instructions, no mattor what the circumstances. I know perfectly
well what I am about, and there is nobody who uan make suggestions, and
therefore I shall make the ffort, which I believe will be successful, to
relieve this mortgage at once nnd return this property unencumbered to you,
and nover again in your life, under any condition, must you try to get
money on it again. Had X not been' so pressed and absolutely beside myself
by the pressures the Russian business, I would have been able in some
way to have arranged this matter sooner, but unfortunately the parties
were away at the moment nnd it was not ensy to reach them. But I am
determined positively that not one penny of any money that may be re¬
ceived shall go for any other purpose whatever until that loan is paid
off, and I will lot Morrison know what I think of him, no mattor what he
says in his letter about how hard he worked. Tho real work he did was
that of a fool. He is always willing to place me and my property in dan¬
ger and he has always worked contrary to my intereis ever since he has been
connected with the Company. I propose to have an accounting for everything
that has passed, and to have interest added to my notes and my salary from
the time they were due.
I am now negotiating with Mr. Sbhormerhorn here, but I don't
want anyone to know it and I believe I will be able to make some satis¬
factory arrangement. .
I am very sorry to hava annoyed you 30 much and you must under¬
stand that in all I have written, I appreciate your efforts and your anxiety
and your good intentions ns fully as they can be appreciated by any one,
and my reward will be in deeds, not words.
I have concluded successfully si far as I am concerned my
Russian business and it now remains for those in New York to arrange
and carry out their part of the bargain with me.
CopioB of all the papers which I have sent them are in my poss¬
ession nnd when I get an opportunity I will forward them to you to put in
my safe.
I shall leave hero for America the last of April or during the
first few days of May, but I do not wihh anyone to know it, and by then
I hope I shall have accomplished enough to allow me to remain in America
ling enough to re-arrange my entire business affairs and the business of
the Company and to place it on a footing where there will be n
anxiety such as there has been in the past.
Trusting you are well and; thanking you for your efforts,
I remain,
3 further
Mr. Edison:
: i , Thinking possibly that X will not see you before I go away,
and as this letter came in this morning, having business in Newark*
I made it a point to see the Attorney General, Mr* Robert H. McCarter:
and the letter that I have outlined for you to sign is the only way in
which to handle this matter. Mr. McCarter states that it is his opinion
that Mr. Boardman has only been put on there by Mr. Moriarty, as in the
first Place, the Edison United Phonograph Co. has no standing in the
community, it being a defunct corporation under the ITew Jersey laws
the charter having been forfeited. Then again, Mr. McCarter does not
think it wise or proper that you should meet either of these gentleman,
or in fact anyone connected with the Edison United Co. or the Internation-
,ilr!P?°ph0nS Co,» a?d lf Jthey have any proposition to submit it should
be done through counsel, and not otherwise. I thoroughly agree with
him. What you want to do is to have no conferences whatever with Mr.
Moriarty or anybody else connected with these interests. I hope you
decide and let the matter be settled by counsel, rather than
n +?hfre4^? no solution, and Mr. Schermerhorn has told me a
great deal that will interest you regarding the Edison-Bell Co. and the
other associations of the Edison United, so that I think the best thing
^°+d?+unf0i' Pres!nt„con,dritionB is to sisn and forward this letter, and8
right up to Mr. Moriarty and his attorney, or the attorney of the
company, as to what they purpose doing.
6/29/06.
[ENCLOSURE]
At a meeting of our Board of Directors held recently
to hear the Report of the Vice-President on his return from
Europe, certain important matters developed, and the Direc¬
tors believe an interview would be of mutual advantage.
To that end, a committee was appointed consisting
of Mr. Boardman, of the firm of Boardman, Platt and Soley,
and myself, to arrange an interview with you if possible to
discuss matters, which, in their present condition, might
result in a satisfactory adjustment of all differences
between this Company and yourself, and I would ask you to
kindly state a time when it will be convenient for you to
see us.
Yours very truly.
1 remain,
June 29, 1906.
S. S’. Morlarty, Esq.,
27 William St.,
Dear Sirs
Hew York.
I have your letter of June 28th, addressed to myself as well as
the Edison Phonograph Works, and in reply thereto 1 desire to say that
all matters having reference to the differences referred to are in the
hands of Mr. Robert H. MoCartor, Prudential Building, Newark, IT, J.,
to whom i would refer you.
Yours very truly,
New York, November 15,1906.
Dear Sir:- j
Acting under instructions from my client Daniel
E. Lynch, I will through Adrian H. Muller & Son, auctioneers,
offer for sale at the New York Real Estate Salesroom, 16
Vesey Street, Borough of Manhattan, New York City, on
Wednesday November 21st, at 12 o'fclock noon, thirty bonds of
the Edison United Phonograph Conqpany.
These bonds are negotiable, of the par value of
One thousand Dollars ($1,000.) each, bearing interest at
four per cent payable semi-annually due January 15th, 1508.
The bonds were deposited. with my client as
collateral to a demand note and the reason for the sale is
that default in payment of the note has been made after
payment had been duly demanded. ..
Thomas A. Edison, EBq.,
Orange ,
1906. Reiff, Josiah C. (D-06-28)
This folder contains correspondence by Josiah C. Reiff, a longtime
Edison associate who was involved in protracted litigation ( George Harrington,
Josiah C. Reiff, and Thomas A. Edison v. Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Co.
et al.) arising from Edison's telegraph work during the 1870s. Some of the
letters concern Edison's involvement in the case. Also included is
correspondence by John R. Schermerhorn and William E. Gilmore regarding
the decision of Judge John R. Hazel in January 1906.
Approximately 30 percent of the documents have been selected. The
unselected items consist of scattered court records, including the decision of
Judge Hazel, along with numerous letters by Reiff that discuss the progress of
the litigation but do not involve Edison directly.
Thomas A. European headquarters
EDISON’S OF THB FACTORIES:
f NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH So. Ltd. °""r»N1
SF" EDISON /MANUFACTURING S°. Ltd.
25, ClerkenweJJ Road,
London, E.C,
1st Eehruary, 1906.
W. 13 . Gilmore, Esq,.,
Orange, New Jersey, U.S.A
Hy dear Ed:
I wrote you a day or two since regarding the report that Mr.
Edison has won a law suit. I neglected to enclose a clipping.
One is sent herewith. Eractioally all the London papers printed
the same art icle .
[ATTACHMENT]
EDISON PHONOGRAPH WORKS
PERSONAL
J. R. Schermerhorn, Esq,,
c/o National Phonograph Co., Ltd.,
London, England,
Hy dear John:
Eeb. 14, 1906.
X am in receipt of your favors of January 30th and February
•1st, one attaching a clipping regarding the law-suit that has been won
by Kr. Edison, and in whioh "hundreds of thousands" are the consequent
results. Our papers had long articles about !,ne same thing some weeks
ago. I spoke to Fr« Edison about it and he simply cast it aside as
absurd. Ho stated, however, that it was an old suit that he brought
many years ago, haB been in the court about ^pirty years, I
believe, and has been carried on by Col. Roiff , an old friend of hr*
Edison's. He to0sd me that so far as he could sec it would doubtless be
appealed by the Western Union people and carried on for another thirty
years, and he was very dubious about the final result. Ho spoke in such
a way that I did not pursue my questions further, but simply dropped it.
I assume from what he told me that there is nothing in it. -
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[ENCLOSURE]
July 19th,
My dear Hr. Hotman:-
Yours of the 12th and 13th received, the latter advising
mo of your oarly departure for Europe.
1 have carefully road yours of the 12th. You and I can
hardly have any substantial discucsion as to matters of verity.
Surely 1 have no motive for misstatement or misconception. 1 un-
fsignedly regret the present situation, hut 1 cannot truthfully
charge myself with the responsibility of its unpleasant features. If
I know my own head or heart 1 have tried to be cooperative with my
counsel, and certainly up to the decision of the court there was no
question between us that 1 recall, unless it be that 1 was the more
confident of comprehensive success. 1 really felt that you wore sur¬
prised at your own victory.
The court disposes of the cobwebs as to the legal techni¬
calities raised by the defendants' counsel, and opens wide the door
for us to show damages growing out of the infringing of our rights
and the breach of trust of Jay Gould and misappropriation by the
Atlantic $? Pacific Telegraph Co.
It was not necessary for you to detail your service in
connection with the litigation. 1 never questioned your individual
part, nor did 1 question your suggestion as to final compensation
out of a share of recovery. 1 do not deem it just: to mo, however,
[ENCLOSURE]
Kr. If. — a—
t0 SO plo.00 tho record as to allow the unadvised to infer that the
service to be remunerated bears relation to the years through which
the cause lay dormant for reasons well understood between lawyer and
client.
hot only have 1 never undervalued your services, but on
the contrary have heartily commended them, and have insisted that
you alone performed the only essential servico in connection with the
case, and that was mainly during the first part of 1905, up to argu¬
ing tiie case in how York and Suffolo.
You did givo many hours to the case, but so far as 1 could
observe it did not seriously interfere with your other business, for
most of our many conferences were after 3 or 4 P. if. in the day, and
1 do not remember ever to have requested you to set aside an engage¬
ment for my account . 1 was always at your call. You. complimented me
not only on my knowledge of the facts but on my aid to you in pre¬
paring tho evidence and investigating the law.
Immediately after the decision in' .Tammry last when you
suggested we should agree upon a basis of compensation to you, 1
promptly conceded your figures in case a compromise' should be reached
before entry of the decree, but 1 did not sign your draft of letter
containing a provision that the settlement was to be left entirely in
[ENCLOSURE]
Mr. ir. —3—
your hands and to bo made only through you. There was no reason why
1 should have done that, and it never for a single momont occurred to
me to do it. You were to pursue your ovm method in ascertaining if
a compromise was possible, but I never mentioned a sum 1 wa s willing
to accept, leaving that to be determined by events. Your estimate of
v/hat 1 should now accept. is the best evidence of my sounder judgment
to be governed by events.
1 v/as and am amazod at your willingness to urge mo to a
settlement on the basis suggested by you, when it is recalled that
the litigation was based on a memorandum covering a value of 40,000
shares of Atlantic ft Pacific Telegraph Co., assented to by ,7ay Could
as a condition precedent to receiving the patents and assignments in
trust from iiarrington. There v/ould havo boon a basis for argument
had not Could paid Harrington ft Parsons for their respective shares
on the basis of my negotiation and been recouped by the Atlantic ft
Pacific Telegraph Co. for his outlay.
//hen you speak of a substantial sum, it might well be asked
if less, than 10 per cont of a just claim is a substantial sum after
winning a 30 years’ struggle?
There was no time when 1 believed 7/our conferences with
Dillon ft Taggart would result in any satisfactory manner, but as you
[ENCLOSURE]
Hr. if. — 4 —
felt encouraged, 1 was hoping against hope that 1 would lx: found in
orroi , 1 never interfered with those conferences except to protest
against the delays and prolonged recesses for all kinds of potty ex¬
cuses accepted from tho defendants' counsel. 1 only asked that when
the point should bo reached that a money compromise was in sight, 1
was to be present to determine natters.
1 had suggested two or throe times that it might bo wall
for me to be present at some of those conferences, net only to sat¬
isfy myself directly as to the sincerity, but of its lack on the
Part of the defendants' counsel, but as you did not encourage it, 1
did not persist, hover for a moment did I intimate that you should
finally determine what should be accepted, although 1 constantly
urged that in my anxiety to effect on adjustment without more lit- ’
igation, 1 would submit to very groat sacrifices. had 1 been pres¬
ent a. some ox these interviews, 1 could have summarily disposed of
subtleties, evasions and perversions, because of my knowledge of
facts; but because of the lack of such knowledge at tho particular
moment, you were unduly impressed by vague statements, claims, etc.
Your objections to filing tho decree on the ground of fear
that the court might limit the decree to loss then the decision set
forth has always surprised mo, and it was a doubt 1 never indulged.
[ENCLOSURE]
When it came to a possible error of judgment on the part
of myself or Mr. Edison Will oh affected only the money settlement,
but in no way endangered your fee which was substantially contingent,
I felt 1 should be freely entitled to decide, especially so long as
my demands were at all within bounds.
I'y onthusiasum (?) is based on facts, and not on a desire
tc speculate at my time of life after 30 years of struggle.
As to "selling" an interest after decree should bo entered
and so inviting speculation, you do me a great injustice in that man¬
ner of statement. 1 told you if tho deoroo should be entered, 1 felt
confident 1 could make such financial arrangements as would enable me
to satisfy you. There is no justification whatever for any ,'suoh in¬
sinuation as that 1 intended to sell a speculative interest. There
was but o ::c idea, and that was to got myself and tho litigation In
such shape that 1 could satisfy you if you finally decided to with¬
draw, which 1 always regretted to anticipate. Vftiy you should now
fear tho Telegraph Co. and tho Gould estate after having beaten them
all, and in the most emphatic manner, is to me incomprehensible.
By tho fraud on the part of lay Gould the Atlantic Pac¬
ific Telegraph Co. (and the Western Union Telegraph Co., the bene¬
ficiary of both but under the control of Jay Gould during his life-
[ENCLOSURE]
tino), 1 v/an vitally injured financially and have struggled with my
burden all these years; but 1 will not concede 1 am utterly helpless,
as 1 am under the protection of the court and as you, acting as my
counsel as an officer of the court, it is not possible for mo to be
sacrificed wit. the consent of the Court.
On page 4 of your letter1, you leave a basis for a very
wrong inference by any one not conversant with the faots. As to pre¬
paration of the decree, 1 urged you repeatedly for weary months to
fonr.ulatc one in case negotiations should fail which 1 always an¬
ticipated.
You never presented a page of preparation, and so dangerous
did 1 deem that inaction that 1 induced a personal friend quite con¬
versant with the case without ary other than personal consideration
to formulate such a decree as ho would submit to the court if the
case wore his. 1 then submitted it to able legal friends, on personal
grounds, and they approved it. Shat form 1 submitted to you, and my
understanding was that you had it with you at your last interview
with .Tudga Dillon.
ihore could not have been much In it to moet your adverse
criticism, for the copy you gave me, as. what you styled your first
draft, was almost identical with the text I submitted to you. It
[ENCLOSURE]
Mr, H.
is perfectly satisfactory to mo, because it almost literally follows
tho verbiage of the decision of the court out3ldo the usual forms of
expression used in such cases, and in no case injects any sug-
evont v/o must abide by and 1 am perfectly willing to accept and will
gladly accept any form of decree approved by the court.
1 never criticized tho management of this cause until
and while 1 gave you personally all credit j
the word: accomplished, truth
that 1 always felt your ,:enio
;ato to you personally
“iU A always text your senior (Mr, All on Butler) had seriously
injured my cause by his refusal 't^lace -T<V Gould on the stand in
his (Jay Gould' a) lifetime, and that further, before tho matter
not have any enthusiasm in tho matter, as Mr. Hiram
partner, was my authority, that Mr. sutler felt tho
sutler, Stidman & Ilubbi
.airing over anything from '
a° a lonnor clien1j of L‘r< Barney was wording for a "dead horse".
It must not be forgotten that the bill which enabled this
cause to be won was drawn by my former counsel, Mr. Robert V. Rus¬
sell (now deceased) and the points from which Mr. Butler argued the
demurrer before Judge Blatchford were also prepared by Mr. Russell.
[ENCLOSURE]
Hr. I. — 8—
While you always felt the. prayer of the Bill was not as full as it
should have boon, you will boar no out no effort was ever made by
your fin:; to amend it, and the court decided it was sufficiently com¬
prehensive for all purposes of equity.
1 oja not given to much flattery, and 1 hope not given to
evasion, but nothing In my life brought to me a greater disappoint¬
ment then your objection to filing a decree to secure your own vict¬
ory, for the reasons urged by you, especially as it was not only my
deliberate judgment, but the view hold by four prominent ' lawyers ,
friends of mine, who whilo they did not presume to criticise you,
were of one mind as to my right to have a decree entered as the only
assurance of enforcing a reasonable settlement without more litigat¬
ion.
You have made preliminary demands upon me I cannot meet,
certainly without the entry of the decree. As you decline to pro¬
ceed, and anr.-Tudge Hazel, while urging me to try and agree with
counsel, has told me 1 may as a last resort present a petition and
a form of decree in my own person after notice to counsel, 1 see
nothing left me but to act on the court's advice.
As that will still leave you in control inasmuch as no
fresh counsel is involved, 1 can hardly imagine you will raise a
[ENCLOSURE]
serious objection to my doing the best I can for mysolf . I surely
cannot bring myself to think you will sacrifico mo over a question
of feos, the o3 at;i for' which 1 do not question for adjustment at the
end> of the litigation.
Had m proceoded promptly, the accounting would now have
been well advanced, for the needed evidence is available in very
simple form.
• You have thus far won the legal battle; if my action shall
sacrifice any material port beyond your fee, you are discharged of
all responsibility on that account.
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1906. West Orange Laboratory (D-06-29)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
operation of the West Orange laboratory. Included are inquiries regarding
materials and instruments, some in Edison’s hand; correspondence pertaining
to orders and insurance; and a letter from William S. Andrews of the General
Electric Co. regarding an aluminum rectifier.
Approximately 50 percent of the documents have been selected. The
items not selected are routine documents concerning supply, maintenance, and
other matters in which Edison was not directly involved.
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I beg to hand you by.isame nail a deaor lptive paj
HKRAHtTS PA'CE NTKD PUSED QfJARGZ GLASS J
whloh is rage ting wit tremendous suooess everywhere. If j*u are intt
ested, it would pay you to address me, and 1 will give you our
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rtxich are considered tlncc without equal for analytical and ohemicaL
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best pribea at onoe.
Thanking you in anticipation of your kind reply, l remain
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Thos. A. Edison, Esq
Orange
Dear sir:-
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Your favor of the 22nd addressed to the
Gulf Eefining Co. Port Arthur, Texas, has been forwarded to
the writer for reply.
I have instructed our ITew York office to send you 5-lb.
samples of our various grades of asphalt; also a gallon
sample of heavy asphaltum oil, or residuum.
If you should require further samples of any of these
grades, communicate with us aid we will be pleased to
send them.
gbn/c
Yours very truly^
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DOCUMENT FILE SERIES
1907
1907. Automobile (D-07-01)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the design and
operation of automobiles and the use of storage batteries in electric vehicles. Included are letters
to and from Levi C. Weir of the Adams Express Co. and William G. Bee of the Edison Storage
Battery Co., along with a series of charts detailing the use of batteries in vehicles belonging to
Edison, his family, and other individuals and companies. Documents pertaining to Edison's personal
automobiles include correspondence with Cryder & Co., importer of Edison's Mors car, as well as
instructions given to Edison's chauffeur at Glenmont.
1907. Battery - Primary (D-07-02) [not selected]
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the primary batteries
produced by the Edison Manufacturing Co. Most of the items are letters received by William E.
Gilmore, vice president and general manager, concerning prices and sales agents for the batteries.
Included are letters pertaining to financial relations with the Battery Supplies Co. of Newark and the
Manhattan Electrical Supply Co. of New York.
1907. Battery - Storage - General (D-07-03)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the commercial and
technical development of Edison's alkaline storage battery. Included are several pages of
instructions in Edison's hand regarding machine tools for the manufacture of batteries. There are
also letters concerning the progress of Edison's battery work, the materials to be used, and the
performance of cells.
1907. Battery - Storage - Foreign - General (D-07-04)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the patenting,
manufacture, and sale of Edison storage batteries in countries other than the United States, Canada,
and Germany. Most of the items are letters from consulting engineer H. F. Parshall regarding the
commercial exploitation of the battery in Great Britain.
1907. Battery - Storage - Foreign - Bergmann, Sigmund (D-07-05)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the patenting,
manufacture, and sale of Edison storage batteries in Germany. Most of the items are letters
exchanged by Edison, the Deutsche Bank, and Sigmund Bergmann, director of the Deutsche Edison-
Accumulatoren-Co. Included are letters pertaining to financial activities, machine tools, and the
delays caused by Edison's insistence on perfecting his battery.
1907. Battery - Storage - Metals (D-07-06)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to Edison's interest in
obtaining metals such as lithium, magnesium, and bismuth for possible use in his alkaline storage
battery. Many of the items consist of letters exchanged by Edison and E. Schaaf-Regelman, a dealer
in ores and rare minerals. Also included is correspondence with smelting companies and individuals
possessing information about bismuth mines. Related material can be found in D-07-26 (Mininq -
Cobalt Search - General).
1907. Cement House (D-07-07)
This folder contains correspondence relating to the widely publicized development of Edison's
poured concrete house. Most of the material consists of unsolicited inquiries regarding the unique
nature, quick construction, and low cost of the projected house. Also included is correspondence
with journalists seeking information and with paint companies supplying tints for the cement. There
are a few letters from the manufacturer and philanthropist, Henry Phipps, who expressed an interest
in Edison's progress. Many of the items contain Edison marginalia, usually indicating that a prepared
circular be sent in response. Related material in the collections of the Edison National Historic Site
includes The Housing Handbook by W. Thompson (London, 1903), inscribed to Edison in 1 907 and
containing Edison marginalia throughout.
1907. Edison, T.A. - General (D-07-08)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to a variety of subjects.
Included are documents that deal with more than one subject or that do not fall under the main
subject categories in the Document File. Among the items for 1907 are a photograph request from
Henry Ford and letters regarding Edison's insurance, health, and charitable donations, as well as
loans to Edward H. Johnson. Also included are letters from longtime Edison associates Samuel
insull, Thomas C. Martin, and Frank J. Sprague.
1907. Edison, T.A. - Articles (D-07-09)
This folder contains correspondence requesting Edison to write articles, correspondence
relating to articles about Edison or his inventions, and letters from journalists seeking to interview
Edison or solicit his statements for publication. Among the items for 1907 are letters from Samuel
Insull; Nelson C. Durand, an Edison employee; and Francis Arthur Jones, an early Edison
biographer.
1907. Edison, T.A. - Clubs and Societies (D-07-10)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to Edison's membership
and activities in social clubs and professional societies. Among the documents for 1907 are items
pertaining to the American Electrochemical Society, the Centennial Association of the Oranges, the
Engineers' Club, the Republican Club of West Orange, and numerous other professional societies,
automobile clubs, booster clubs, and philanthropic organizations. Some of the items contain Edison
marginalia.
1907. Edison, T.A. - Employment (D-07-11)
This folder contains correspondence from or about employees and prospective employees.
There are also letters soliciting Edison's opinion regarding former employees seeking positions
elsewhere. Most of the correspondence consists of requests for employment at the West Orange
laboratory, some in answer to newspaper advertisements. Among the items for 1907 are letters from
former Edison employees Calvin T. Freid and R. D. Casterline, along with a financial statement of
the Edison Employees Emergency Association.
1907. Edison, T.A. - Family (D-07-12)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to Edison's family. Among
the documents for 1907 are items pertaining to the financial difficulties of Thomas A. Edison, Jr., and
William Leslie Edison; the schooling of Charles Edison; and the activities and finances of Mina Miller
Edison.
1907. Edison, T.A. - Financial (D-07-13) [not selected]
This folder contains routine correspondence and other documents relating to Edison's
personal investments and other financial interests. Most of the items for 1 907 consist of transaction
receipts from J. P. Morgan & Co. of New York and the Union National Bank of Newark, New Jersey.
1907. Edison, T.A. - Name Use (D-07-14)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the use of Edison's
name, whether authorized or unauthorized, for advertising, trademark, or other purposes. Included
is correspondence with Francis W. Jacobs, a businessman who was assigned the rights to
manufacture a patent medicine called Edison Polyform in 1879. Related documents can be found
in the Legal Department Records. Items concerning the use of the name 'Thomas A. Edison, Jr."
can be found in D-07-12 (Edison, T.A. - Family).
1907. Edison, T.A. - Real Estate (D-07-15) [not selected]
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the purchase and sale
of land and buildings. Included are items pertaining to deeds, taxes, and mortgages. Most of the
documents for 1907 concern the property owned by Mina Miller Edison at 10 Fifth Avenue in New
York City, where the National Phonograph Co. moved its New York office in September 1907.
1907. Edison, T.A. - Unsolicited Correspondence -
Advice (D-07-16)
This folder contains routine correspondence suggesting improvements in Edison's inventions,
asking him for advice on technical matters, or requesting his assistance in improving or promoting
inventions. Also included are unsolicited letters from inventors about their work.
1907. Edison, T.A. - Unsolicited Correspondence -
Business (D-07-17) [not selected]
This folder contains routine correspondence from individuals requesting agencies for
Edison's inventions or seeking to do business with him. Among the items for 1907 are numerous
letters from Europeans seeking agencies for the sale of Edison's storage battery.
1907. Edison, T.A. - Unsolicited Correspondence -
Foreign Language (D-07-18) [not selected]
This folder contains untranslated letters to Edison. Foreign-language documents
accompanied by translations or English-language summaries can be found in other "Edison, T. A. -
Unsolicited Correspondence" folders and in the appropriate subject folders.
1907. Edison, T.A. - Unsolicited Correspondence -
Personal (D-07-19)
This folder contains routine personal requests and fan mail. Included are letters asking
Edison for biographical and other personal information, educational advice, information on deafness
and lightning rods, charitable contributions, loans, and other favors.
1907. Edison, T.A. - Visitors (D-07-20) [not selected]
This folder contains letters of introduction and requests to visit Edison or tour his West
Orange laboratory. Substantive letters from individuals who visited the laboratory or company shops
on business can be found in the appropriate subject folders. Some of the items contain perfunctory
Edison marginalia.
1907. Edison Manufacturing Company (D-07-21) [not selected]
This folder contains routine correspondence and other documents relating to the business
of the Edison Manufacturing Co. Most of the items are letters to and from William E. Gilmore, vice
president and general manager of the company. Among the documents for 1907 are statements of
account, a letter pertaining to purchases from the Edison Portland Cement Co., memoranda
regarding prices, and correspondence concerning the use of phonoplex circuits. Other items in the
Document File relating to the Edison Manufacturing Co. can be found in D-07-02 (Battery - Primary)
and in D-07-28 (Motion Pictures).
1907. Exhibitions (D-07-22)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents concerning electrical and
industrial exhibitions. Among the items for 1907 are a request for information from the New Jersey
section of the Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition and an exchange of telegrams regarding exhibits
at an electrical show in Montreal, Canada.
1907. Fort Myers (D-07-23)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to Edison's home and
property at Fort Myers, Florida. Many of the letters are by Edison's caretaker, Ewald Stulpner.
Included are items regarding real estate, well water, dock construction, renovations, and the planting
of an avenue of royal palms.
1907. Glenmont (D-07-24) [not selected]
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the furnishing and
maintenance of Glenmont, Edison's home in Llewellyn Park. The items for 1907 consist primarily of
letters, drawings, and specifications by Pierson U-Bar Co. of New York regarding the construction
of a greenhouse at Glenmont.
1907. Mining - General (D-07-25)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to mining and ore milling.
Some of the items pertain to the licensed use of Edison crushing rolls by a group of Chicago
investors. Also included are letters enclosing ore samples or inquiring about Edison's interest in
mines and ores.
1907. Mining - Cobalt Search - General (D-07-26)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to Edison's search for an
inexpensive supply of cobalt ore for possible use in his alkaline storage battery. Included is
correspondence with the North American Lead Co., the Standard Consolidated Mines Co., and field
workers whom Edison employed in his search.
1907. Mining - Cobalt Search - Samples (D-07-27) [not selected]
This folder contains letters received from individuals in response to a general inquiry by
Edison regarding his search for cobalt ore. Included are letters that pertain to or enclose ore
samples. Some of the letters contain Edison marginalia assigning assay numbers to the samples
or indicating that he is no longer interested in cobalt.
1907. Motion Pictures (D-07-28)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the production and
commercial development of motion picture films, cameras, and projectors. Included are items
pertaining to film prices, film distribution, advertising, sales, and the activities of competitors. Among
the documents for 1907 are letters relating to the marketing of motion pictures in Germany, to
aborted negotiations with Path6 Fr6res regarding the use of Path6 negatives in the United States,
and to the progress of pending lawsuits. Also included is a tally of sales for individual films released
during the period April 1904-January 1907 indicating title, catalog number, date, length in feet, and
total sales by year; and a telegram announcing the death of Stephen F. Moriarty, former vice
president of the Edison United Phonograph Co. Among the correspondents are William E. Gilmore,
vice president and general manager of the Edison Manufacturing Co.; Alex T. Moore, manager of
the Kinetograph Department; Leonard C. McChesney, manager of the Advertising Department; Frank
L. Dyer, Herbert H. Dyke, and William Pelzer of the Legal Department; John R. Schermerhorn,
chairman of directors of the Edison Manufacturing Co., Ltd.; G. Croyden Marks of the National
Phonograph Co., Ltd.; and Thomas Graf, managing director of Edison Gesellschaft.
1907. New Jersey Patent Company (D-07-29) [not selected]
This folder contains routine correspondence and other documents relating to the New Jersey
Patent Co., a patent holding company for the National Phonograph Co. and other Edison concerns.
The items for 1907 consist primarily of transaction receipts from the North Ward National Bank in
Newark, New Jersey.
1907. Patents (D-07-30) [not selected]
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to foreign and domestic
patent applications, patent litigation, and other patent matters. Among the documents for 1907 are
routine items concerning fluorescent lamp patents in the United States, storage battery patents in
Germany, and cement-related patents in Mexico. Also included are statements of account with
foreign patent agents.
1907. Phonograph - General (D-07-31)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the technical and
commercial development of phonographs. Among the items for 1907 are letters from attorney John
E. Helm to William E. Gilmore, president and general manager of the National Phonograph Co.,
regarding insurance policies for the phonograph company and other Edison concerns; suspected
embezzlement and mismanagement by employees of the Edison Phonograph Works and other
Edison interests; and the status of non-Edison companies in which Helm, Gilmore, and other Edison
personnel were involved. Also included are several letters written by Gilmore during his visit to
Europe in June 1907; reports to Edison from Leonard C. McChesney, manager of the Advertising
Department of the National Phonograph Co.; and correspondence with the International
Correspondence Schools of Scranton, Pennsylvania, users of Edison phonographs.
1907. Phonograph - Edison Phonograph Works
(D-07-32)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the business of the
Edison Phonograph Works. Among the items for 1907 are memoranda by Peter Weber,
superintendent of the Edison Phonograph Works, regarding specifications for the assembling of
machines and cabinets; correspondence concerning stock transactions; and a letter from the Edison
Portland Cement Co. pertaining to shipments of cement.
1907. Radio (D-07-33)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the technical and
commercial development of wireless telegraphy or radio. Among the items for 1907 are letters
concerning the finances of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. of America and Edison's assessment
of, and investment in, that company.
.1907. Reiff, Josiah C. (D-07-34)
This folder contains correspondence by Josiah C. Reiff, a longtime Edison associate who
was involved in protracted litigation ( George Harrington, Josiah C. Reiff, and Thomas A. Edison v.
Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Co. et ai) arising from Edison's telegraph work during the 1870s.
1907. West Orange Laboratory (D-07-35)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the operation of the
West Orange laboratory. Included are inquiries regarding real estate adjoining the laboratory,
correspondence concerning supplies and instruments, a receipt for taxes paid by the Ott
Manufacturing Co., and several memoranda in Edison's hand containing instructions and listing
supplies needed for the laboratory.
1907. Automobile (D-07-01)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
design and operation of automobiles and the use of storage batteries in electric
vehicles. Included are letters to and from Levi C. Weir of the Adams Express
Co. and William G. Bee of the Edison Storage Battery Co., along with a series
of charts detailing the use of batteries in vehicles belonging to Edison, his
family, and other individuals and companies. Documents pertaining to Edison's
personal automobiles include correspondence with Cryder & Co., importer of
Edison's Mors car, as well as instructions given to Edison's chauffeur at
Glenmont.
Approximately 40 percent of the documents have been selected. The
items not selected include correspondence regarding orders, automobile parts,
and motor vehicle registration; letters offering automobiles or parts for sale; and
items that duplicate information in selected material.
no*)
Jany. 3,1907*.
Mr. B. ?. Arthur,
1^9 Pin' Bt.root, Holyoke, Mass.
Dear Sir: -
Replying Vi ,v our si of Psonrabor a ;th, would at ate that we
are in hop--s of bring abl< to put Mr. Rdlson'a new battery on the
market sometime during the coming year, hut vie cannot definitely
state when. At the present, writing v/e haven't, any printed matter
or data on the n . oo.U, hut ahull ho plaaa-d to send you ooaa aa
soon uu -we obtain it. !'r. Edison i
imentipg or. ’h*< n-.w butt r» ry fed Is
ar d Jh going Whr ml and nrjuij
practically shopped o.rper-
l&f iod AVvt it is now right,
do not
it now b
any more orders, ue **• i'r
iU h.’.iVf.-' a o thai we can move t ‘our n*ar pl.r.r:< at. Oran/
car.
At -ry plant .
. I? M^C\.
s have i
they made
the
The SolumbuH Puggy On. woo s-
the statement that v/o nav i’ made a hit* t h
automobile around the country equipped with Bclisoj
majority of them giving yry good satisfaction.
If you are thinking of buying .an oleotrlo automobile,
shonid recommend your buying one with bait' ry compartment suitable
for Ediuon bat-tery and delivered to you with lead battery, so that-
when the Edison battery does come out, you will be able to put one
in;, your vehicln. Would refer you to 8, R. Bailey &'■ Co. , Amesbury,
Mass., who are making high class eleotrlo vehicles.
Very truly yours,
[ATTACHMENT]
Bay State Club, Holyoke MaBs
Edison Storage Battery Co.
Gentlemen: -
December 26th, 1906.
tyaite a number in our elub seem to think
that the Edison Cobalt Storage Battery is in the ■air* yet. I want
to be able to convince them that whenever Mr. Edison announces anything
its sure and that he is not a Nicholas TeBslar.
Kindly give me what information
you deem best and oblige
Yours very sinoerely
(sd) B. P. Arthur
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No. c:
Veh£
P Where
Operate
Vehiele
i Made . By
Battery
Type E1S-E27-E45
Date
Sold
Remarks
S. Bergmann
1
Berlin
Lansden
1 ton 60
Mar. 1905
G©
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Central Brew. Co.
1
St. Loui
3 Qibbs Eng Co.
5 ton 64
Aug. 1904
Dlscontin’tl
Citizens Trans.
Co
.1
Clevelani
L Com. Tr. "'Co.
47 Passenger 64
Nov. 1904
Bus.
Edison phono, wkd
1
Orange
Lansden
1 ton 60
Jan. 1905
"
1
* i
2 ton 60
Jan. 1906
"
1
- i
2 ton 60
Jul. 1906
Edison S. B. Co.
1
Qlen Ridj
;e H
1 ton 60
Deo; 1903
Ehret Bre. Co.
1
New York
3 ton 210
May 1906
E
merengy
Lewandos Dyers
1
* "
«
1 ton 60
oct. 1906
Firestone Tire
&
1
• "
N
1 ton 60
Dec. 1906
Rubber Co.
Qorham Mfg Co.
1
« •
Riker M. V. Co.
1 ton 64
oct. 1903
J. A. Hearn & Soil
1
» n
Veh. Eq. Co.
1 ton 64
Jul. 1904
"
i
It N
Lansden
1 . ton 60
Dec. 1904
"
2
ft N
" 1
/2 ton 60
Aug. 1906
Lansden Co.
N. Y. Hospital
N. Y. Telep. Co.
*
•Phil a. El. Co.
S Minin on s Hdw Co.
W * J Sloane
of Where
Vehicle
Battery
Date
Operated
j Made By
Type
E1S-E27-E45
Sold
Old Point
Comfort
| Lansden
26 Passenger
Mar.
1906
Newark
»
1 ton go
Jan.
1906
Bklyn &
Waverl.y
"
3 ton
120
De e.
1906
Brooklyn
Veh. Eq.
CO;
5 ton
64
Feb.
1904
Chicago
| Qibbs Eng. (
20.5 ton 64
Aug.
1904
p. 1 Washington El. V.
Co.
1 ton
64
Dec.
1903
New York
Veh. Eq.
Co.
Amb.
64
Oct.
1904
ft ft
*
1 ton
64
Apr.
1906
" "
Lansden
1 ton
60
Jan.
1905
Philadelphia
E. V. Co.
1 ton
66
Sep.
1904
St. Louis
Dansden
1 ton
60
Peb..
1907
New York
Veh. Eq.
Co.
2 ton
.64
Jun.
1904
•1 Spriggfie
id Lansden
\2 ton
70
Jan.
1907
4
Owner
No. oj
Where
Vehicle
Battery
Date
Remarks
Vehs
Operated
Made By
TYpe Eld -E -27-
E45
Sold
Tiffany & Co.
1
New York
Veh Eq. Co.
2 ton 6d
Oct. 1904
Total 21
6
" *
" * "
1 ton 64
Oct. 190^
Vehicles
1
" "
1 » • * n
2 ton 6d
Apr. 1906
2.
« n
| 1/2 ton 66
Dec. 1905
11
n
tt !
1 ton 64
&
Aug. 1906
j ■
2 Dec. 1905-4 Aug ’06
United El. Co.
1
» n
1* 0 tt
5 ton
&
5 Oct. 1906
I
70
Aug. 1904
U. S. Ex. go.
Total 26 |
3
Jersey City
& Wash’ ton
Champion
Wagon Co.
3 ton
64
Jan. 1905
Eventualy
to Wash’n
1
Washington
n
1 ton 60
Dec. 1904
Vehicles
n
a
2 ton 66
Jan. 1905
3 Dis’ ctd
14
J. C. & Wash
"
1 ton 60
Sep. & Noi
r. 1904
Vanti'ne & Co. .
| 6
New York
Lansdenn
1 ton 60
Apr. 1906
Western El. Co.
1
New York
Vqjl. Eq. Co.
5 ton
72
Aug. 1904
Welssman
1
w n
» n nj
I
1 ton 64
Feb. 190§
Battery no\|
at Qlen Rage
1
Qibbs Eng.
3o. 5 ton
64
Aug. 1904
Present
owner not
known
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Owner .
No. of
Vehiole
Where
i Operated
Vehicle
Made by
Vehiole
Typo.
Nur
Co-
C
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Is in Battery.
D 28. E B8.. 3 27.
Date Sold.
Remarks .
American Aut o St- Go.,
1
Kentucky
Baker 11. V. Co.
Runabout ■
20
July, 1804 .
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1
«
20
July, 1C03 .
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Tnyjvr
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' ' 0
. Auto. Co.
Dr. Bradshaw, .
1
-
Pope Wavorly Co.
" j
36
Mar . , 1804 .
J. R. Blakeslee,
. 1
Cleveland , 0.
Ajax Itfg. Co.
SpooialRi
26
Mar. 1804
Baker It. V. ,Co.,
2
India.
Baker M. V • . Co
Runabout
20
Apr. 1804
At Glen Ridge
"
2
Cleveland .
n
I
£. 0
.. i.
'W. 1’. £s J. Barries Co.,
4
Rockford, ILL .
'«
"
21
Aug., May. co
Apr., 1904.
. 1
..
" " (Special.
"
40
July ,1804
S. Bergmann,
1
Berlin,
Landden Co.
Tonneau I
60
«
1
..
Studobaker Auto Co.
Runabout j
38
Doo . 1803
S. S. Childs,
1
Bernard sville,
i.
" 1
42
Apr. 1804.
Bat. nov; at Glen Ridge.
Cliao. D. Cook,
1
Paterson,
..
»
38
Aug*
Sold to Studebakor,
T . J. Crane,
1
Phila., Pa.
.. ..
i
42
Nov. 1803
Currie Auto Co.,
1
Atlantio City,
-
i
1
30
Apr. 1904
Cook Brewing Co.,
1
Evansville, Ind .
Pope Wavorly Co.
" i
64
Jan. 1804
! H. K. Cowan,
1
Los Angeles,
»
" i
36
Coleman Lumber Co.,
1
La Crosse, Cal .
,,
" ,
40
Benj . 2. Chase,
1
Roohoster,
Studobaker Auto Co.
*’
42
Apr . 1904
Alex. Churchward,
1
Sohaneotady,
Columbia
■
40
Aug. 1904
J. A. Crane,
1
Westfield, Hass.
Pope Wavorly Co.
-
36
jS^jr 1904
C. B. Cottrell Co.,
1
Westerly, P.. I .
..
: Special
45
1. i.
Andrew Carnegie,
1
New York,
Electric Vehicle Co.
Opera Bus
64
Sept .1904
-
1
»
-
■ Landaulelj
t©
64
n ..
i
1
"
Brougham*
C4
^ "
— - - — ' j
| Drew Shelby Co.,
— :l~.
i
Portsmouth,0 .
ZL „L—-1 _
Pope Waverly Co.
r~
s
'n
May 1904
■ I
! Robert VI , Day,
i
Springfield, M.
" »
1 "
1
27
Sept .1903
H. E. Diok,
l
London,
Studobaker Auto Co.
"
38
July 1903
" "
l
”
1
60
Aug . 1904 .
1
1 ■
1
i_ ■_ . - - — -X
(Ho. 2)
f '
Thos. A. Edison,
1 '
Orange, H.J.
Studebaker Auto Co
Runabout
Edison Phono . Works,
3
“
"
Oscar E^sas ,
1
Atlanta, Ga.
Pope Waverly Co.
Bepot ‘Wag
O. E. Emmons,
1
Soheneotady,
Columbia
Runabout :
Edison Eleo. Ill. Co.
1
Boston,
•
Surrey
H. I. Pishor,
1
Pittsburg,
Baker M. V. Co.
Runabout ;
Goo .0 . Porhes,
1
Rookfoed,Ill .
"
M |
Albert 0 . Penn,
1
Roohestor,
Pope Waverly Co.
Depot Wag;
Mi3s Eleanor Porguson,
1
Hartford, Ct.
"
Rimabout ■
j W. E. Gilmore,
1
Orange, H. J.
Studebaker Auto Co,
" j
Chao. P. Grey,
1
Chicago,
Woods M. Veh. Co.
«
Henry Garret,
1
Dallas, Texas,
Studebaker Auto Co
«
J. E. Galg.,
1
Boston,Ma3s.
Surrey ■
Robt. Graves,
1
Hevr York,
Vehiole Eg . Co.
Special
C. T. Hughes,
1
Orange', IT. J.
Columbia.
Runabout
John Hill,
1
•
Pope Waverly Co.
« .
E. H. Hoopes,
1
Wilmington,
Ajax Ilfg. Co.
" i
A. C . Houghton, .
1
Hevr York
Lansden Co.
Tonneau
G. H. Harries,
1
Washington,
Studebaker Auto Co
Runabout
James Inglis, .
1
Detro'it,
Pope Waverly Co.
« ;
A. B. Jenkins,
| 1
Orange, H. J.
Quinby Co.
" f
j 'A. It. Jones,
1 1
Wilmington, Del .
national H . V. Co
Hr omenta & Co.,
1
Hew York,
Lansden Co.
i
Robert Lfcndoll ,
1
"
g,. v ;-I.f :■
II. EoK. Twombly,
1
Madison, H.J.
Studebaker Auto Co
Runabout
W. Mendenhall,
1
Wilmington, Del .
Ajax Kfg. Co.
n ' (j
E. T . MoHeely,
1
Evansville, Ind.
Popo Waverly Co, !
■
Jas- Mohaughl in,
1
Columbus, 0.
"
« . \
L . . _ _ Jlario.n J»... i ll. Co. .
_i__j
Marion, Ind.
" tt . -J
« S!'
' E. H. Mortimer,
1
Cedar Rapids,
« '
C. 1. Miller,
1
’* ■ ■
n <i 1
J. J. Handary,
1
Roohester,
Landsdon Co .
Dr . IScHichael ,
1
Hew York,
Vehiole Eg. Co.
Hansan, 1
C. R. Hal thy,
1
Plfiinf ield,H . J .
Woods H. V. Co.
Stanhope I
Mason, Harvey & Co.
1
Chioago, Ill.
Baker H. V. Co.
Runabout ||
Deo . 1003. i'Tov; at Glen Hidco.
Kar . 1004.
'lay, 1004.
Hay, 1004. Owned By C.B.Rice, at C
Apr. 1004.
65 Apr .. 1906
Oot. 1003. Battery was never put :
iole; sent to Bloc. S.
34 June , 1004 .
Apr. 1004.
Kor« 1004. Formerly J. G. Parsons
33 July, 1003."? How at Glen Ridge.,
Hoy, *1004 . /
Kay,: 1005 . " "
Kar. 1004.
Oct. 1004..
■64 June,. 1004.
Sopt* 1903. Battery now at Glen R:
Apr. 1004.
•80 Auc.. 1903. -J;
36 Doc. 10.03..
Kar. 1004.. Formerly Southv/orth.
mi .
My' dear Edison:
"Billy" Bee came in yesterday and handed me the
Philadelphia letter with your notation. I hope to get
around to the consideration of the Philadelphia matter to¬
day or to-morrow.
It is singular how a fisherman's ideas expand
when he is in the vicinity of the fish and how they shrink
when he comes under the lime-light in the regions of civil¬
ization. That shark which shrunk from 25 to 12 feet was
only the first shrinkage, -after a few days reflection I
think you will find it was a red snapper or a pompano.
Suppose our people were afflicted with a brain¬
storm and thought to foolishly venture further into the
field of horseless wagons, meaning those propelled by elec¬
tricity, -stand up and commune with yourself, with your hand
on your heart, and tell me what would be the prospect of
getting some batteries ?
2
1 am arranging with Bingham to have you "pinched"
at the ferry-boat when you come to New York, unless you can
produce some evidence that you have been to see me.
Yours faithfully,
Mi'. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, 1I.J4
/■cta/77?J C/^/?yzeM
May 17th, 1907.
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U u^OJ: ^4wieL, Lr^ A^ltr
My dear EckUo^, _
~4 the 0^** ^y whereln
you sketched >a t)mriSh aSs^£Svh#d ^t, hut it
didn't ..^n&ia^Jaagntffc fffi°rsipp'S!Wf^
V -••■<-^r^~*ifiiiir,,*,,1M*l*H^ ( I / J
we were orasy enough] to venture further into „the horseless
vehicle field ^d ^rr^Lingn^ ^peti^nt^ith V
50 more vehife£^ Upc^^Xof tvfo- tla , -^when loSd
you furnish the hrtttrie^?'"'^ ^£? f
your hand on ytfLr ^eart ."‘'and^elf^^
<* eL^ V •'] —
hand on yo^r heart
take a little digital^firatT^^.
)U -2.
■* Yours truly,
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, N. J.
CRYDER & COMPANY
SOCIETE ANONYME D'ELECTRICITE ET D' AUTOMOBILES
STORAGE
REPAIR SHOP
COMPLETE STOCK
OF SPARE PARTS
FOREIGN CARS
PARK AVENUE & 63rd STREET
The laboratory of Thomas A. Edison,
NEW YORK , July 11th, 1907*
Your favor of June 22nd has been duly reoeived and
would have reoeived earlier attention had it not been for the
absence of the writer from town.
We would very muoh like to know Just what is meant
by the statement that our Agent misrepresented our firm on the
oooasion of your purohase of a More oar from us, as we feel sure
there is a misapprehension somewhere, and we will Bpare no trouble
to have it cleared up, when it concerns a party whom we esteem so
highly, SB we do Mr. Thomas A. Edison.
We would appreoiate the favor of a reply from you as
to what is meant, and in the meantime, beg to remain,
Always at your servioe,
Very respeotfully yourB,
AH.M.
HENRY C. CRYDER
INSURANCE— Vehicle* pi.
Telephone {\™} P|„,
STORAGE
REPAIR SHOP
COMPLETE STOCK
OF SPARE PARTS
. Edison Esq. ,
Orange, H. J.
CRYDER & COMPANY
Exclusive Agent* foi the United State*
SOCIETE ANONYME D’ELECTRICITE ET D'AUTOMOBILES
MORS Bce.-
AND IMPORTERS OF ^
FOREIGN CARS- ^
PARK AVENUE & 63rd STREET »
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NEW pt'ORK , July 26th, 19.07. /
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Dear Sir:- 4tf» tUe ew 9 k*v«s%. W.*.”
wCCW 2-
Jnlv tw, r»Tn!?,tO+aO^0W\edge reoei£t of y°vr letter of
JUJ.y loth, relative to the clearance of your Mors automobile.,
CL-WOr t-^-6 -» '*Cj
n-p nTh® first that the writer ever theardfl of the question %
®^r®' elearana e was in a letter dated February 6th, 1907,
signed by Mr. J. Y. Miller. The Salesman, who is no longer •a-
whom you spoke in reference to the oar, made no
mention whatever that you desired a 10” clearance on the oar 4,
nnh-i^?tr^Ctn’ ^e3 H°7embei9th, contained no mention of tho\ H
about 00 jsequently , the writer, who knew noting V,
wafl 5 d B r?^ar oar from the Sooiete Mors. \ B 1"
your desire for a 10" clearance, it would havl ST'
nuR f tly e2®yJ.t° ha7e specified it in our order to Mors 1 <N
Sd to to^n^/^?001 86 6 Mors tave been only too f
bavecomplied with your request and to have made a spebial
axle in order to bring the oar up to the proper specification
ortT, w?*ter regrets exceedingly that there has been
th^ IS the subject of clearance, because
the whole matter could have been so easily avoided if the Sales
“ *® 1 the Oo^any, but no mentionw^ Sde by
him of your desire to have a higher clearance. y
for rrm„b °f our 0UB^°mers who wished to have a Mors oar
fufl roads, expressed a desire for a £" greater clearance
and we had the axle made accordingly. ’
m-»o+„T,« We i5™8-6 I*** y°u w5-11 overlook this matter, as the
7aB not due to neSleot °n our part and was entirely
through ignoranoe of your wishes. y
If you at any time contemplate purchasing another
Thomas A. Edison Esq- , #2.
Mors oar, we would he very glad to receive your order
and instruct Mors to give the oar a greater clearance.
Thanking you for your past patronage and
trusting to have the pleasure of serving you in the
future, we remain,
Yours very truly.
CHYEEK & COMPANY,
{fykponctA
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Panhard car for the year 1907, we have two 35 H. P. care unsold.
Should you he in the market for a car of this character, we would
he glad to make a reduction from the list price on one of these
cars at this time. If you are interested in any way, we should
like to send a representative to see you. We are sending under
separate cover photographs of these oarB.
should yoi
We have a limousine body ready to mount on one of them,
t desire limousine to a touring car or a demi-limousine.
Yours very, truly,
y
HS:PB
Faithfully yours.
car is altogether too low.
tm
[ENCLOSURE]
Oct. 21,1907.
Mr. Gilmore:-
Bslow please find data from james A. Hearn & Son, the
large retail drygoods and notion establishment:. on 14th Street, N. Y.
This data is taken from their hooks for an average month in the year,
and covers the cost of gasolene delivery wagon, the cost of T.ansden
1000 lb. delivery wagon equipped with 60 E 18 cells and the cost
of Vehicle Equipment Co. 2000 lb. wagon equipped with 44- 11 MV Exide
cells. Eoth of these electric v Nicies are doing identically the
same work and carry the same load, although one was bought for a 1000
£>'ound load,- and the other a 2000 ji'ound load. • Whan purchasing more-
vehicles this firm will purchase 1000 pound load vehicles.
Cost of Operation
Gasolene 6 h.p. delivery wagon over calendar month.
Driver $ 66.00
Gasolene & Oils .38.00
Painting & Repairs on Body 10.00
Repairs to Running Gear 15.00
$ 129.00
1000 pound top panel Lansden delivery wagon with 60 E 18 Edison Cells
for calendar month:
Driver $ 66.00
Repairs to Body 5.00
Repairs to Battery 1.00
Carried forward^ 72700
[ENCLOSURE]
Brought forward 72.00
Chains & Sprockets 1.00
Tires 7.00
Cost of Current at 4 / K, V/. 20.75
Incidental Expenses 3.00
Painting 5.00
108 . 75
2000 pound top panel Vehicle Equipment Co. delivery wagon with
44- 11 MV Exide Cells for calendar month.
Driver 66.00,
Repairs to Body 6.00
Repairs to Running Gear 11.00
Tires 15.00
Cost of Current at 4 <£ K. W. 17.50
Incidental Expenses 3.00
Painting 5.O0
Repairs to battery 5.00
$ 127.50
On the electrics they are making more mileage with the Lansden 1000
pound vehicle.' than they are with the 2000 lb. Vehicle Equipment Co.
vehicle, about 10 miles more. This report does not show the cost of
renewals of either of the batteriesbut counting a fair average of life
of Edison batteries in their vehicles, the life would be 24 months
and would cost them for renewals $210.00 at the end of this time.
[ENCLOSURE]
3 .
The life of the lead battery is nine months and it would cost them
$270 for each renewal, which shows a big advantage in favor of the
Edison- battery.
This report does not show the number of days the gasolene
wagon was laid up for repairs, but they told the 'writer they had eight
gasolefte vehicles and the average was four on the street.
r
in regard to the busses operated by the Auto Transit Co. of Philadel¬
phia. The writer inspected their station on Saturday in company with
two engineers of the General Electric Company. Their principal trouble
with th'-'Se busses are with the motors and controllers and tires..
They have undertired the vehicles but are now putting on heavier tires,
which will cut down their tire trouble considerably. The General
Electric Company are building new motors and controllers. One of
the principal trouble sjlvith the motors were that they had too light
bearings on their small shafts', and on their new motors theBe ball
or roller bearings have been eliminated and they are going to use
nothing but straight bearings. They have gotten out data and are
about ready to start to build fifteen more busses which will carry
forty passengers and will be made considerably lighter than the ones
they are now operating.
Their five ton delivery wagon .is doing very good v/ork and
they are not having so much trouble -with it as they are with thft
busses, due principally to the fact that they are running it at only
half the speed. They are however making quite a lot of changes in
that also.
There is no doubt in the writer' s mind but what they will
make a success with the four motor drive for five ton trucks and large
busses. They have not commenced to have a great deal of battery
trouble as they have only done on an average of 3400 miles per battery.
They have the best equipped garage to handle electric busses in America
[ENCLOSURE]
Data on Busses Built By Commercial Truak
Operated By Auto Transit Company on
Philadelphia, Pa.
Weight of Eus
34 passengers and 2 crew, 36 x 150 IBs.
Speed, loaded
Average length round trip including one trip
for three round trips
Schedule time including stopB
Miles per charge, 9.7 x 3
Battery.
42 cells. 21 MV Exide
Weight
Capacity, 70 ampere hours at 4 hr. rate
75 Batteries for 25 Busses.
Company of America.
Broad St. ,
. 11,500 IBs.
5,400 11
16,900 IBs.
12 miles per hr.
to station
9.7 miles
70 minutes
29.1
3400 IBs.
280 ampere hours
Oct. 21,1907.
Mr. Gilmore: -
The writer while in Springfield, Mass. , called on the
Springfield Waste Co., which is one of the largest waste concerns in
the United States. They have a lansden two-ton truck with our 1! 27
battery, which will be a year old on the 3rd of January. It cost
them about $3400. The following data is taken f r on their books. They
charge off 25^ of the first cost per annum; charge 7 interest on
investment; also charge for maintenance and all repair work on the
vehicle, and they actually show a saving of $12.50 per week over horses
and it has taken care of all of their work.
y/f’u a a // 9/ ' ^cc/ r/;
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&An enfc/t,
33nd October 1907
Thos. A. Edison Esqr. ,
'■’ay I take the liberty to intrude on your valuable time
and ask for a little. bit of information.
First of all I wish to introduce myself to you as follows,
I trace my family tree directly to Caroline Shipman whom I believe,
is either your grandmother or her mother, on your fathers side of
the family.
I am about to purchase an automobile for touring purpose
and have chosen the "White Steam Car". From the bulletins issued
by the White Company I read that you are the owner of a White oar
which it sayo you use exclusively in your touring.
May I ask would you recommend the above make of autos
to those of gasoline power, and why 7
Trusting that I may be favored with a reply from you
and thanking you , X am,
n cWvtEo Cc~r>
^jyiA^UX
3
Denton. Dunn & Boult
A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, N.J. ,
TORONTO, 13th December, 1907.
Dear Mr. Edison, -
C^4c' <S %oJ2SLt~^i esCrJ^t-3^^
Two years ago this Jail g you/fand I were, discussing (the
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question of the truckage of the various citiiea) of the world,
. , . YciJ^aJ^sf- 8&’<i ,
involving the use of your stonge battery. I ,, ^ ^ p '
At that time yoS4uitima^Jto*rae ^that- yt^v^'e^f^clly
in a position to take the>?nm£ejr up in a very lame way, but ,you
, 1. . , , ( JJfctT-*' C7V-*- Cu p_«. tfcs^v <■«
were good enough to s tat e'thats o s o on <w? J<{ur battery was in I
eKtLuv^L&4.i 2,<,. JLw*
good enough shape for marketing, you would write rae in s-egard to
the Canadian market, and teTto the means of dealing with the silb- J
ject in Canada. ^ t&+,
I am takin^^^o^gr^ed^imV^the^m^t^*1^’' ^ ^
shape for being manufactw^^iif^largq^cale,. ‘
i •, , , „ sjIL»i»' vo-c^-A. \A-c-*.
be pleased to hear frorajyour
Witli kindestregards to your ?fr. J.V.Miller, and wishing
you and him the compliments of the approaching season, I am,
Yours sincerely,
$iunk%d**
104 Madison Avenue, Hew York City,
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Edison laboratory.
Deoember 21, 1907. ' \
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My dear Edison:- ^ *" **
lAv^Ur rtg e»‘«i H«W..
As your letter of intfodiotion did not get here early
g-T,?-...* *t,v.
yesterday morning, I wont to Uewark to see lansden without it.
I found he was in Washington making a contract with the United
States Express Company, but I met his Assistant, Mr. Milikan,
and he gave me a great deal of information, and alBo some drawings
of the different size wagons. I am to see Mr. lanBden on Monday.
I had these drawings of the wagons in my pocket laBt
night, and I met a capitalist whom I know with several friends
of his, and told them what I \
3 aiming to do about the Traotioj
business. After explaining the matters to them, they told a
when I waB ready they would give me all the money I wanted for
Hew York, and if I would go with them to Canada they would put me
in the way of organizing large Companies up there. I told them
to understand that this company controllB Traction business only
and not oar-lighting, and also that you were to receive a certain
amount of Btock of the company for your advice and assistance
and the use of yoiir name. They seemed satisfied with the terms.
I promised I would not give their names to anyone at present. I
know that they have the money if they choose to put it up, but I
never believe this kind of talk until £ get a certified check.
I have made a great deal of money with your inventions
#2.
and the use of your name, and if you will stand by me and X will
oertainly stand by you, we oan make a great deal more out of this
battery.
After I boo Hr. Xansden I will probably either write you
or oome to see you.
Yours truly,
1907. Battery - Storage - General (D-07-03)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
the commercial and technical development of Edison's alkaline storage
battery. Included are several pages of instructions in Edison’s hand regarding
machine tools for the manufacture of batteries. There are also letters
concerning the progress of Edison's battery work, the materials to be used,
and the performance of cells.
Approximately 30 percent of the documents have been selected. The
items not selected consist primarily of letters, some of which bear
perfunctory marginalia by Edison, requesting information about the batteries.
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The writer referring to his conversation with you, of July ljjth 06
in matter of proposed Hydrochloric Acid plant, he would he pleased to
havn you advise him, if you are now in a position to go ahead with that
proposition, if you desire any further information on that subject, the
writer would he pleased to have you advise him, and he will be“pleased
to aid you in any way that is possible;
reply Sincerely trusting that X may hear from you in a favorable
I, remain, sir ;
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THE EDISON ACCUMULATOR— A PROTEST
: Autocar. November 23RD, 1007.
t ELECTRICAL ENGINEER.
Ir. Edison, or in his mime;, on the matter of tho
rical accumulator. To our thinking, the continual
ling — uselessly— on behalf of Mr. Edison, is pros-
ng a great name. Mr. Edison lias practically all
man is supposed to desire. 1-Ie lias climbed up
a very loivly position to one of great wealth. He
>een fortunate above the common run of inventors,
; know them on this side of tile Atlantic, in that
made money, and a large amount of it, by his
. D _ ... less than an
to tile general intelligence of the engineering
for he or his representatives to keep — — -
II he remembered that when Air. Edison first took
e problem, an evidently preliminary battery of tile
laboratory type was given to tile world, with
his invention to the test of the criticism of expe
engineers that this stalking horse was withdraw
tlic real invention introduced to the public,
manner hi which we had challenged him to in
id by a description of it before tile American I
of Electrical Engineers. The invention then de
was undoubtedly a new departure, and tile engi
world then, as now, was cpiite prepared to give i
trial, it is some years since it was introduced,
s distinc
- - .. _rsliippeil in this life. He lias
rently the acme of the inventor's bliss — a fully
iped laboratory ivitli plenty of apparatus and plenty
nployees, entirely devoted to the working out of
lany problems that remain to be solved. Is it not
that lie, or those who speak in ids name, cease
making absurd statements, such as those that .
recently given to tho admiring reporters of the
al press. The world is quite prepared to receive
ccumulator that has been so long promised by Mr.
in, when he produces it, and f ' .
ic of hi
. distance, the fact remains t
practical purposes it is no better than tile, oldc
of battery. Tt iias certain advantages, but,
other hand, it lias certain grave disadvantages,
least of which is the fact that the pressure de
by a single cell is but little more than half that dt
by a lead cell. Tales of the wonderful
lliat are to lie done by it are merely, so far
information available at present is concerned
nonsense. There is no evidence beyond the stal
referred to that anything further has been done
battery that is going to wipe out the horse and
tiling else is tile one invented a few years bad
appeal in the strongest terms Hint we know of
Edison to consult ills own dignity, and the dig
die profession lie represents, and to cease giving c
‘ tlie world.
A SINGLE LEVER CONTROL.
1907. Battery - Storage - Foreign - General (D-07-04)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the
patenting, manufacture, and sale of Edison storage batteries in countries other
than the United States, Canada, and Germany. Most of the items are letters
from consulting engineer H. F. Parshall regarding the commercial exploitation
of the battery in Great Britain.
Approximately 60 percent of the documents have been selected. The
items not selected include letters of inquiry about batteries and their
applications, along with documents that duplicate information in selected
material.
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April Jrd, 1907.
Thomas. A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange,
. New Jersey, : U.S.A.
Dear Sir, ; ' '
I am much interested t 0 know how the battery ia
Xjrogresolng..-.'T When:I last oav/ you, the results were sufficient¬
ly pleasing to satisfy the most sanguine. At that time
the main problem you Iwere considering was in respect to the
securing of, cobalt at "reasonable prices. I met Messrs.
Grenfell and Smith, partners in the English house of J. S.
Morgan & Co. , and they were both very been to get the latest
news. Both had a feel'in& -that the time was very ripe
for getting .the battery’ on the market, and that a good deal
could be done with it at this juncture. The situation in
London is a critical one, and is receiving most careful
consideration. The lines electrified by Yerkes show no
symptom of being remumorati ve, in fact, this applies to
moat . of the underground lines in London. Between high
taxes, expensive construction and low fares, practically
Thomas A. Edison, Esq. - 2 - April Jrd, 507.
none of these railways pay. It is doubtful whether horse
haulage of passengers pays, but certainly horse haulage
is in a better position than either the petrol bus or the
underground railway. I. great nunber of petrol buses have
been put on the streets, but they are noisy and swell, and are
unreliable and costly to work. While the cost of operation
haB be en variously put forward by the interested parties,
it i s doubtful wie ther a single petrol bus has paid its way,
and it is pretty apparent, in the average case, that the
coot of operation has been 20$ in excess of the receipts.
XheBO petrol buses have undoubtedly been very popular and
have taken a great number of passengers away frcw the
underground railways. It is pretty clear, however, that
they cannot exist indefinitely on the present basis, since
tie public will get tired of financing them. Apart from
this, these buses are objectionable in traffic from the
noise, stench and numerous accidents caused by collisions.
You will readily understand from the above why enterprising
bankers that have not vested interests in the existing
things are keenly looking around for improvements.
I am going on cheerfully in my laboratory with a
T. A. Edison, Esq. - 2 - April 3rd, 1907.
batch of the original set that Dick brought over here, aid
I should never think of going back to the lead battery, although
the batteries that I have are,acoording to your standards,
a back number. Any information you may have to give me
will be very much appreciated.
Gilmore sent me over one of the improved E.27
cells, and it seemed to me it is a good marketable product,
and Tiffany's people tell me they would never think of
going back to the lead battery after the satisfactory ex¬
perience they have had with yours.
I trust you are keeping very well and to hear
from you some time v/nen it is convenient for you to write.
Yours faithfully,
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July 24th, 1907.
W. E. Gilmore, Esq., . 1 : r' :
0 r a n g e, ;
NEW JERSEY. £.:::
My dear Gilmore, N-
EDI SOM BATTERY
I have been fitting up the experimental Mercedes
oar with Baylor with the Batteries left over from White's lot
and those left over from Mr. Wallace. In order to make up a
complete set X have had to give him those that I had in my
laboratory which puts some of my experimental work out of
commission. I am wondering whether you have got, say, 40 of
the E.12 type about you that you can spare. For laboratory
work I do not need very big capacity, but require 50 or 60
volts. Of course if I could have some of the new cells of
the smallest size, I could be killing two birds with one stone
by testing them in the laboratory. I thought it rather
important to fit up one of the new types of cars with a battery
so that I can see about the balancing and the correct way of
W. E. Gilmore, Esq.
- 2 -
July 24th, 1907.
assembling the cells. Of course this batch of cells has been
so badly treated that X am not expecting too much from them.
I am preparing a full statement of the amount of
haulage and trucking business in London. It would appear
that the field in which a battery can compete with a horse is
enormous. I have been in touch with some of the big job-
masters and to put the matter mildly, they are simply aching
to get something more profitable than the horse, although so
far nothing lias come along that could compete with the horse,
the petrol buses having been found unreliable and expensive.
One hundred petrol buses, representing approximately £100,000,
have lately been retired from public to private life, the next
expected performance for them being on the scrap heap. The
lowest operating cost for a petrol bus is about 26 cents per -
mile, the highest appears to be double this. It has been
found that the standard performance for the petrel bus is
110 miles per day, but not more than 75 per cent of the buses
can be kept to work, 25 per cent seems to be a modest number
to have in the hospital. The carrying capacity of the petrol
bus is 54 passengers. The horse bus, with a carrying capacity
of 26 passengers is rated at 70 miles per day. It has been
operated generally at about 14 cents per mile, but the general
W. E. Gilmore, Esq. - 5 - July 24th, 1907.
increase in prices has now raised this to about 17 cents, so
that a horse bus but little more than pays for itself on the
basis of $12 takings per day. The petrol bus, in the moBt
favourable case, has been taking about twice as much as the
horse bus, but in every case, over any length of time, the
petrol bus has been a heavy loser. A curious thing about
london is that the different bus Companies have pooled and
divided up the routes, each route having a certain value.
Eor the purpose of the pool a standard income has been fixed,
and when any bus Company exceeds such income on the route the
excess has to be pooled.
I have a lot of figures on trucking, and the further
1 go into the matter, the more I am satisfied that this is the
biggest field. Messrs. Morgans have furnished me with certain
information and certain friends in the trucking business have
supplied me with more, all of which I will hand on to you when
systematised.. Cummings has been to see me regarding the
Berg truck. We are making certain measurements regarding
current consumption and looking over the business for the sole
purpose of getting out estimates as to cost of operation v/hen
the Edison battery is available. The figures in Cummings'
\y. E. Gilmore, Eaq.
- 4 -
July 24th, 1907,
prospectus represents an impossible performance so far a3 the
batter y is concerned. The figure he puts down for the lead
battery is as good as could possibly be expected frran the Edison
battery. Taking his other figures to be somewhere near
correct, there is a big margin between what an electric bus
could work at and what in the face of the present experiment
jobmasters are willing to allow for fair working costs.
Cummings' figures come out at 14 cents per bus mile, whereas
jobmasters tell me they do any amount of business at 20 cents
per bus mile. I have rather reached the conclusion that for
most classes of work the gearless outfit will be found prefer¬
able and that no class of geared vehicle will become universally
popular on account of the noise and upkeep of the gear.
Baylor has furnished me with certain tests made as
betvreen an ordinary car and a car with regenerative motors, in
which the motors give the battery a buck-up in going down hill
and in stopping. The mileage with the regenerative outfit
was from 25 to 30 per cent greater than with the ordinary out¬
fit, and undoubtedly the life of the battery would be longer
with the regenerative outfit.
Trusting you found Mr. Edison well, and with kind
regards. Yours sincerely
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August 1st, I907.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange,.
MEW JERSEY.
My dear Sir,
I enclose herewith copy of . letter that X have
addressed to Mr. Gilmore.
Yours faithfully,
[ENCLOSURE]
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August lot, I9O7.
V/« E. Gilmore, Esq.,
0 r a n g 0,
NEW JERSEY.
Ky daar Gilmore,
1 have made certain trials with the Borg buses and
do not think the results indicate the form of vehicle is the
last word. I found the energy consumption under favourable
working conditions ran to iibout 170 watt hours per ton mile,
which is 10 or 15 per cent higher than is, obtained in reason¬
ably good practice with a single reduction motor outfit. The
trucks are attractive in a general way, but from my point of
view the double reduction gear spoils tiie chance of the
vehicle being permanently satisfactory. I think either
single reduction or gearlous outfits will certainly supersede
any double reduction outfit. There is a vehiaie in England
mown as the Electromobile , this has double reduction helical
gears, but it has been found that the maintenance of the battery
was too much, on account of the losses in the gears.
The tests, so far made on the Mercedes gearless car,
[ENCLOSURE]
W. E. Gilmore, Esq. - 2 ~ Aug. 1st, 1907.
indicate that it is entirely satisfactory. Baylor's Company
is putting out 100 of these. I am going away on the Continent
noxt week to see these vehicles in the course of manufacture,
and will then be able to satisfy myself whether the. motor is
aB substantial as it appears to be.
I regret to say the job lot of batteries did not come
up to my expectations, so I have not been able to give Baylor
a working outfit for trial on one of his Mercedes carB. As
soon as you are in a position to supply them, I would like to
get 72 E.18 cells, or their equivalent, so as to go on with
the trial over here.
Yours faithfully,
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange,
NEW JERSEY.
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October 1st, 1907.
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It wpav.it tra these figures, compared rfSfWT^lte
.hlch arc t.l„a obtained Mth Bener.l haulaae, that la „lth
horses, petrol cars and lead batteries, that tt scald be better
business to wait for the perfected cell rather than to. put
out vehicles at this juncture. Mr. Bergman was prepared to
aend two trucks over here as manufactured by his Gennan Company,
these to be tried as Messrs. Morgans might direct, for the
T. A. Edison, Esct. - 2 - Oct. 1st, I907.
purposes of determining what can he done with the battery
here in England. Mr. Bergman further stated that until you
had made arrangements with the different Companies, he had
selling powers for you generally. I stated to Messrs. Morgans
that in my opinion until you were manufacturing the final thing
and expressed yourself satisfied with what Bergman turned out,
X did not think the basis of their deal with you should be
determined by the results obtained with an outfit manufactured
by Bergman. Wo eventually decided, therefore, and Messrs.
Morgans are writing to Morgan lc Hardjes in Paris, that they
do not think it advisable to proceed with the business until
the perfected battery is available. I believe it was part
of Bergman's proposals that he should manufacture the battery
for both English and French territory, but from what I have
seen of the battery , I retain the impression that it would
be better to manufacture in each country separately, having
ouch an amount of co-operation between the different Companies
as would ensure the most favourable purchase of materials,
tools, etc. If the battery business for London is to be
a very big one, X do not see that it can be well handled
without a factory in the vicinity of London., I may say, fur-
T. A. Edison, Esq. - JJ - Oct. 1st, 1J07.
ther that I was impressed with the eligibility of the
premises which Mr. Gilmore leased here, since the building
and general arrangements would be perfectly well suited for the
manufacture of the battery.
Whatever instructions you have to give X will gladly
receive. The particular point which I wish to make in the
above is as to the advisability of your controlling the class
of demonstration required to determine the basis of the
English business.
Yours faithfully,
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October 4th, 1907.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange,
NEW JERSEY.
My dear Sir,
BATTERY BUSINESS
I wrote you a letter under date of October 1st and ■
in the ordinary course sent a copy of this letter to Mr.
Vivian Smith, whose name is mentioned therein. In due course
X have received the enclosed, from which you will see that Mr.
Smith objects to my having sent on to you the information given
to him in confidence for his own guidance in respect to the
London situation. Of course Mr. Smith is perfectly right in
this. May X ask, therefore, that you make no use of the in¬
formation that has to be fairly considered as coming to me by
the authority of Mr. Smith and t hat in treating with any matters
touched upon in my letter, Mr. Smith's name be omitted.
You will readily appreciate Mr. Smith'B position, since his
information was gathered t hr ough the courtesy of hiB PariB
T, A Edison, Esq. - 2 - Oct. 4tn, 1907.
friends for assistance in London and was not for our use or
information.
Yours faithfully,
[ENCLOSURE]
J.
S. MORGAN & CO.
22, Old Broad Street, LONDON, E.C
October 3rd, 1907.
H* I1* Parshall, Esq.
Dear Sir,
I am in receipt of copy of your letter of October 1st
addressed to Mr. T. A. Edison, Orange, New Jersey, which
refers to the conversation that you had with me that day.
I am afraid there has been some misunderstanding as
to what passed between us at that interview, and I therefore
write this letter (which I should be glad if you would send
on to Mr. Edison) so as to correct any mistaken impression
which he may receive from your letter of October 1st.
I quite agree that ve decided at our meeting that we
wouldwait for the perfected cell, rather than try any vehicles
at this moment.
Mr. Bergman, as I told you, was prepared to send over
two trucks as manufactured by him in Germany, if we cared to
have them. He told me in his opinion we should find these
trucks quite good enough to compete with anything now running
in England, and that if the batteries on t:.ese trucks proved
satisfactory we could rely on the new batteries being fully
3O/0 better. But he made no statement to me that he had
[ENCLOSURE]
Pelling powers for Mr. Edison generally, nor was it a part
of Mr. Bergman's proposal that he should manufacture the
batteries for both English and French territory. In -fact
tiie question of his manufacturing the batteries for English
territory was raised by me and he told me definitely he did
not consider it advisable.
I Should be extremely sorry if, through our misunder¬
standing, Mr. Edison got a wrong impression of what passed
between Mr. Bergman and myself, and I hope therefore that you
"in fWrWard this Utter to him as soon as possible.
Believe me,
Yours faithfully,
(Signed) Vivian Smith.
C 632/6
Thomas A. Edison, Esq. ,
ORANGE
NEW JERSEY.
M y dear Sir,
I have your letter of the 16th inst. I did not
know "before that Mr. Bergmann was authorised to sell the
"battery in England. A considerable number of my friends
have been asking for Edison batteries, and I am referring them
on to Mr. Bergmann. X hope the class of battery he is making
is so far an improvement over the lead battery that encourag¬
ing results my be obtained.
Yours faithfully,
NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH DO. LTD.
EDISDN PHONOGRAPHS & RECORDS.
;enwell road
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October 3ist . ,1007.
'frE.frilmora Esq.,
heneral Manager,
Edison Storage Battery Company,
0 K A H S, HEY/ JET1SEY , tl . FT . A .
Bear sir,
I beg to acknowledge receipt of yours of the Slat Instant,
from which I see that all enquiries referring t,o storage Batteries
that may come to this office from the British Isles should in
future be referred to Mr . It . E . Parshall of this city.
Yours truly.
^ —
Managing Director.
T. A. Edison, Esq.,
NEW JERSEY .
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November 1st, 1907.
V-
My dear Sir,
I enclose copy of letter received from the D.P.
Battery Company and my answer thereto. I will see these people
in the ordinary course, hut they are more or less of a type that
you have had experience with' in times past. I do not see
that they can he of any use either from a capital or engineer¬
ing point of view, hut of course if they could get any associa¬
tion with the business they would look for a percentage of the
profits. I think your experience with the Ediswan Company
will indicate how far it is desirable to encourage people of
this description, although I may say the Mr. Claude Johnson
made mention of is wealthy and more or less retired with a good
reputation, hut is not likely to do anything more in organising
than to absorb profits without doing anything in particular to
make them. When the business is ready to go on I do not see
that external support is required except in so far as such
T. A. Edison ^sa* - 2 - Nov. 1st, 1907.
support tiri!,..,, customers for the mattery and these are not
likely to noQci oo&xing considering the present status
of the leaa lottery.
Yours faithfully,
[ENCLOSURE]
THB D.P. BATTERY COMPANY, LIMITED
66, Victoria Street,
WESTMINSTER, S.W
50.10.07
H. E. Parshall, Esq.
Dear Sir,
Mr. Claude Johnson, the Chairman of our Company-
telegraphed to Mr. Edison the other day asking for further
information with reference to the statement in the Press as
to his having invented an aluminium Battery. He replied: -
"See H.E. Parshall Salisbury House London Wall London England
he is my Agent . "
I should he glad if you could see Mr. Johnson and
myself at 2.45 on Tuesday Nov. 12th if this time would suit
you. Mr. Johnson lives in the country and is only in London
occasionally so that it would he a convenience if the above
time happens to suit you.
Yours faithfully,
(Signed) Bernard Drake.
Director D.P. Co.
[ENCLOSURE]
C 683/6
October ylst, 1^‘07.
■Bernard Bra •■.a, Esq..,
The B.p. Batter./ Co.,
66, Viotoria Street, S.W.
Dear Sir,
BBIriOK BATTERY
I an In receipt of your letter of the JOtii inst.
and regret I an unable to keep the appointment you mention.
I nay state t however, that all of the arrangements as regards
the finance of the Edison battery are completed and there
regains very little bo do so far as England is concerned,
until the manufacture of the battery ia begun. .
yours faithfully,
(Signed) H. E. Marshall.
November 19th, 1907.
which I think may interest you, since it relates tothe progress
made with a line of electric buses running in London. I have
seen the buses as also the outfit of the Company generally.
I should not hesitate to say tint the whole of the outfit is
the crudest I have ever seen, notwithstanding the fact that in
my early experiences X had to deal with the Sprague Julian
outfit on the West End Street Railway in Boston. The method
of handling the batteries is crude in the extreme, the battery
engineering as bad as could be with a lead battery, and I think
you will agree with me that is pretty bad. The transmission
gear of the motors was primitive .and inefficient. On the whole
there was nothing that could be catalogued as good engineering.
Nevertheless there is the general fact that these buses work
T. A. Edison, Esq.. - 2 - Eov. 19th, 1907.
quietly as compared with petrol "buses and are in much greater
favour with the public.
X have particularly marked opposite the statements
made by Sir Douglas Eox and Partners, since they are the only
people associated with the enterprise that might, under the
stress of emergency, be accused of having a reputation in
connection with electrical matters. ' I do not think the figure
of 18 cents per bus mile would ever be justified in reliable
practice with a lead battery. On the basis of a 50, 000
mile life fo? your battery, I was able to prove with some
certainty from the facts obtained with other classes of ve¬
hicles that an electric bus of the type common to london, could
be worked for about 20 cents per mile. on the same basis
I doubt whether any lead battery could be worked under 25 to
JO cents per mile. Some of the figures brought out in this
statement will be of interest to you, namely, the cells have
50,0 ‘ampere hours capacity at about 100 volts mean e.m.f., and
that the normal performance is taken as 24,000 miles per year,
that is 80 miles per day, working 300 days. The number of
passengers carried is also of some interest, but the remaining
figures may as well be set aside as entirely untrustworthy.
The statement is of some interest part icuLarly since
it is the first time an electric bus Company have had the
T. A. Edison, Esq
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Nov 19th, 1507.
courage to give out any statement as to the results obtained,
as also the first time in my experience that a shareholder in
mechanical bus Company has expressed himself pleased with
the results obtained.
Yours faithfully,
^f/f:i/w/t.y, r'/fotMts.
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November 27th, 1907.
Thoms Alva Edison, Esq.,
Orange,
NEW JERSEY.
My dear sir,
I am in receipt of the two letters from Colonel
W. le Poer Trench and Mr. A. H. Garrett respectively, which
you have forwarded tome. I am replying to all of these
enquiries to the general effect that .while a very great
advance has been made, it will be impossible to supply the
improved battery until such time as the manufacturing
arrangements in this country have been completed.
Yours faithfully,
1907. Battery - Storage - Foreign - Bergmann, Sigmund (D-07-05)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
the patenting, manufacture, and sale of Edison storage batteries in Germany.
Most of the items are letters exchanged by Edison, the Deutsche Bank, and
Sigmund Bergmann, director of the Deutsche Edison-Accumulatoren-Co.
Included are letters pertaining to financial activities, machine tools, and the
delays caused by Edison's insistence on perfecting his battery.
Approximately 80 percent of the documents have been selected.
Among the documents not selected are items regarding Bergmann's interest
in automobiles and documents that duplicate information in selected material.
ORANGE .
New York.
Dear Sir,
The Deutsche Edison Akkumulatoren Company G.m.
h.H. was offered to purchase the real estate and manufacturing
plant heretofore leased hy it and has acquired it for a purchase
price of M. 1.225.000. On the property there rests a mortgage
amounting to M. 730.000 due on the 3lst December 1906. With
the present tightness of money in Germany, the conditions
under which the Company might have succeeded to extent the
life of the said mortgage, were so heavy that the Company has
decided to repay the mortgage and to make use of a hank credit
with the Deutsche Bank against its note until the mortgage
may he placed elsewhere at more favourable conditions.
Now the By-laws of the Company prescribe that the Company's
notes shall not be issued except with the approval of the Board.
All other members of the Board agreeing with the issuing of
Thomas A. Edison Esq. Orange, New York.
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the Company's note for the above purchase, for order's sake
I make free to ask you to kindly confirm to me your approval
of the said measure taken and thereby oblige
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Peb. 18, 1907.
S. Bergwann, Esq.,
23/24 Oudenarderstrasce,
Berlin, Germany.
My dear Bergmann:
1 cum sending you herewith two photographs, show¬
ing what we have boon doing in tho way of new plants. Tho sheet
marked in blue pencil "Ho. 1" on the back, represents, of course,
the main plant of our business, and 1 hcvve had narked exactly
y/hat the buildings are used for. The photograph marked "lTo. 2"
in blue pencil is the new Battery plant. The A-atory building
already ejected you will doubtless remember. This is 200 feet
long by i5£-”feet wide, andthe new addition that is now being
erected will make the total length 400 feat. The smaller one-
story building to the right of this io the. Chemical Plant of the
Storage Battery Oo. , the size of it te lng 2?S*foet long by SO feet
wide. I Dimply send these to you to show what we have done
here, and it gives you a pretty good idea of how we are progressing .
I cannot say very much to you about the storage battery just
at this time, but I am hoping to have a conference with Mr. Edison g
in the very near future to see exactly what linos he has already
laid out, if any, and I may be able to write you something definite.
He leaves us on the 25th for tho South, for his annual vaoa-
tion, and will not return until about the 15th of April, He is
looking forward to the trip with much pleasure, which is gratifying,
beoause I know that he should have a rest. 1 Just learned the
S. Bergmann,, (2) 2A8/07.
other day that you cabled him on his birthday from Cairo, Egypt ,
but I am sending these photographs, nevertheless, assuming that
if you are not already bach you soon will bo.
V.rith best wishes to your good self, and asking that you
kindly remember me to your good vnLfe, as well aB the rest of the
family, believe me to be,
Enc-
Yours very truly,
BERGPNN EIiEGTRIGIIi WORKS
and Motors
for Direct Coupling and Belt Driving. Orange, New Jersey, U. S. A.
Special Motors
with Wide Range Speed Regulation
for Driving Rotary Printing Presses,
Cranes, Lifts, Calanders
and' Paper Machines.
Motor-Dynamos, Balancers, Boosters.
Automobile Motors.
Alternating Current Machinery
for all Standard Voltages and
Periodicities,
Generators, Motors and
Transformers
for Single, Two and Three Phase Current.
Controllers and Resistances
for operating Cranes, Hoists and Lifts
with Direct and Alternating Current
Starting and Regulating
Switches
Electric Ventilators
Exhaustors
High Pressure Blowers
Ventilating Fans
for Direct and Alternating Current.
My dear Gilmore ,
1 have made up my mind to take a
run .over to America and find out what chances thhre
are about the Mew Battery.
I cannot any longer pacify the shareholders of
the Deutsche Bdioon Akkumulatoren Co.. Ur. Kammer-
hoff, the Director of this Company, will come with
me and stay over there as long as necessary, in order
to obtain full details and facts with regard to the
Mew Battery. I will only stop over there for one week.
I am aendihgcyou an automatic pocket-filling
machine , which We have constructed and which X think
works very satisfactorily. I have given orders for
two of these machines to be put in hand for Edison,
of which this first one is now finished. The price
of this machine is t 3350.— Mr. Kammerhoff will
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BERGMANN ELECTRICAL WORKS (machine department).
— 2—
W. E. Gilmore Esq., Orange, New Jersey.
I have engaged to sail per steamer "Kronprinz Wilhelm"
leaving Bremen on May 7th and ejcpect to arrive in New York about
May 14th and trust to have the pleasure of seeing you during my
stay over there.
X have notified Edison that I am coming over.
With best wishes, I am
^ 1 | Yours truly,
/S'*
v-u«. Cm .0 . "3 . Gl>
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TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS:
FULGURA-BERLIN
= LIBBERS C<
BEKGPH EltEGTHIGAIi tfOUAS
Machine Department.
Continuous Current Generators
and Motors
for Direct Coupling and Belt Driving.
Special Motors
with Wide Range Speed Regulation
for Driving Rotary Printing Presses,
Cranes, Lifts, Calanders
and Paper Machines.
Motor-Dynamos, Balancers, Boosters.
Automobile Motors.
Alternating Current Machinery
Generators, Motors and
Transformers
for Single, Two and Three Phase Current
Controllers and Resistances
for operating Cranes, Holsts and Lift:
with Direct and Alternating Current
Motors.
Starting and Regulating
Switches
for Direct and Alternating Current
Electric Ventilators
Exhaustors
High Pressure Blowers
Ventilating Pans
for Direct and Alternating Current.
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My dear Edison:
"Vevr Jersey, U, S. A. \
i- - c So
1 * v — ■ -
for the year ending June 31
«S0*.
f t* SXet
M.,i- k «.£&. !ft el* t**
Enclosed please find balancd/ sheet
YU U3ZU - ~
iqth ox
“ the Grapsoopl
We are making very good progress with .the
machinery and tools for the new battery, and T haw
to-day cabled yoji
"Have you shipped tube-filling machine4*
and am now Bimply waiting for the tube-filling ma¬
chine, when we will be ready to go ahead and gill
try to get the active material in time.
How are you getting along with the new battery?
Have you received any correopondence from Morgan,
Harjes & Co, of Pari* regarding the Eronoh Cpnjpany ?
Are you doing anything regarding your English ente/r
prise? When you are ready to go ahead with these Euro¬
pean Companies y I should like to make tho toolB and-
mtdhlnery for themt of cdufso , providing yob do not
want to make them yourself.
BE^GMANN ELECTRICAL WORKS (MACHINE DEPARTMENT).
2 -
Thomas A. Edition, Esq., Dlewellyn Park, H.J.
We are now running some of our delivery-wagons with iron
wheels , only, with no rubber t#res at all and one wagpn is running fok*
the past six weeks making about 35 miles a day and the battery is
practically as good as new. For the winter time to prevent Slipping
and sliding on ice and snow, we are grooving thp iron krim^OST the hind*.,
wheels.
The next automobile exposition in Berlin opens on December 1st
and I am going to exhibit electric automobiles of all descriptions wltl*
your battery . X think it will be quite a sensation and will tend to
stop the ridiculing.
If we could get the filling machines in time, we should possib¬
ly be able to get one set of the new batteries ready for this exposition.
Hoping that you are enjoying good health, and trusting to
hear from you sooh, I am
p
EUTSCHE
j3.A
remain, Sear Sir,
fr
Yonra very truly
[ATTACHMENT: GERMAN-LANGUAGE ORIGINAL NOT SELECTED]
Report
on tho Meeting of the Shareholder!} of the
"Deutsche Edison Akkumulatoren Company
0. m. b. H. ■
on September 27th 1907.
Present
As Sharoholders:
Director Michalowsky as Representative of
the Deutsche Bank, Capital H. 1,000,000.--
Director General S. Bergmann, Capital M 1,500,000.--
The representative of Mr. Guenther' s Heirs, who
was invited by registered letter to attend the Meeting,
did not appear.
of the Board of Directors:
Consul General Koch, Dir eo tor of the T>eutsohe Bank
Goheimer Kommersienrat Monz
Director General S. Bergmann of tho Bergnann Elek-
tricit&tswerke , AktiengOBellschaft.
of the Management .'s
Director Paul Barthold
Director Meno Kammerhoff
Tto points under discussion are:-
1. ) Presentation of tho report and balanoe Bheet for
the business year dating from April 1st 1906 up
to March 31st 1907 f
2. ) Decision with regard to the discharge of the Board
of Directors and the Management ;
3. ) Election of a new member for the Board to replace
a member deceased ;
4. ) General.
[ATTACHMENT: GERMAN-LANGUAGE ORIGINAL NOT SELECTED]
ConBUl General Koch opanu the mooting, directly following on a
preceding meeting of the vBoard of Directors at 5.30 P.M. frith the
question whether discussion is desired with regard to Point 1). such
is not the case, those present agreoing with the Report presented
and the explanations given with regard thereto in all respeots.
With reference to Point 2) it is determined to pass the Ba¬
lance Sheet and Profit and Lobs Account presented, which closes
with a deffroit of
II 416,241,39 after writing off
II 16,782,73 on the Machine Account
II 4,904,86 " " Tool Aooount
II 3,636,89 11 » UtensilB Account
M 668,04 " " Purnlture Account
II 102,732,19 " « Equipment and Organisation
Aooount
and to formally discharge the Board of Directors and the Management.
With regard to Point 3) it is unanimously agreed not to re¬
elect a new member of the Board, to take the place of the deceased
Bank Director, Mr. Otinther, as tho full complement of three members,
according to the statutes, is already on the Board.
To Point 4) tho Shareholders are notified that a further call
of 10 % on the capital, in accordance with the deoision of the Board,
will be made on October 16th of this year.
Consul General Koch oIobsb the Meeting at 6.40 P.M.
Berlin, Septenber 27th 1907.
Hew JerBey.
ffy dear Edison:
I am Bending you under separate coTer a catalogue of our
automobiles.
The recent Automobile Exhibition, which took place here, has been
quite a success. The newspapers were full of big, flattering articles about
it, and I am alao sending you an English translation of one of these artic¬
les. and a picture of our stand in the Exposition.
Tour battery has created great enthusiasm, and there will be conse¬
quently no morfe ridiculing from our antagonists.
Per parcel post you will also receive some tubes, which we are now
making automatically Jwith the machine. This we have designed according to
your drawings, adding some of our Dutch tricks, and I am pleased to say,
that this machine runs perfectly satisfactory. We can turn out about 900
to 1000 tubes per hour!, and a boy can easily tend to the machine.
I am building a similar machine for you, and will ship this in
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Bergmann-Elektricitats- Werke Aktiengesellschaft (Maschinen-Abteiimg)
- 2 -
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.
about two months.
I have notyst received the filling machine, hut expect this
will arrive in a few dayB.
Enclosed please find a Beport on the Meeting of the Share¬
holders of the Deutsche EdiBon Akkumulatoren Co. onSept. 27th, this
is not a great success, hut I sincerely trust that the next report
will give a better showing.
Please let me know what progress you are making with the
new "Tube Battery". I wish you would send me a few cells, such as
you are turning out now, type A 4, or any other which you are now
making.
* Some time ago I cabled you for the filling machine and some
nickel-flake. I note that the filling machine is being forwarded, but
should also like to have about tan kilos or more of the nickel-flake
and trust you will send me this by return.
I should be also glad to hare detailed drawings and particu¬
lars concerning your new improved plating machine, and any further faci¬
lities you can give us, we would very much appreciate.
Hoping to hear from you by return of mail, I am, with
best regards
V
Anlagen.
Einschreiben.
1907. Battery - Storage - Metals (D-07-06)
This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to
Edison's interest in obtaining metals such as lithium, magnesium, and
bismuth for possible use in his alkaline storage battery. Many of the items
consist of letters exchanged by Edison and E. Schaaf-Regelman, a dealer
in ores and rare minerals. Also included is correspondence with smelting
companies and individuals possessing information about bismuth mines.
Approximately 80 percent of the documents have been selected. The
items not selected include letters offering aluminum and other metals in
which Edison had no interest and letters concerning the shipment of lithia
carbonate from E. Schaaf-Regelman to the West Orange laboratory.
Related material can be found in D-07-26 (Mining - Cobalt Search -
General).
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?nu ^ort, -N*. $. April 26-07.
To the Laboratory of
Mr. Thomas A.’ Edison,
Orange, N.J.
Dear Sirs:-
Replying to your favor of even date I beg to advise that £ am
doing a rather extensive business in the various LITHIA ORES and can
offer them at the following prices:
SPODUMBN; <3 $ 30.oo per 2000 lbs. delivered f.o.b. Orange/ N.J.
LEPIDOLITE ll>> 35.oo per 2000 lbs. delivered f.o.b. Orange, N.J. j
AMBLYGONITE " 45.00 per 2000 lbs. delivered f.o.b. Orange, N.J.
The average analysis of these ores is stated below, and as to
the quantities available 1 may say that my most reliable supply is that of
SPODUMENE, of which I could contract for a few hundred tons, while of Am-
blygonite and Lepidolite I can probably sell 100 tons of each for 1907.
I have about 40 tons of Spodumene and about 10 tons of Lepidolite here in j
stock and could furnish same without any delay, /but am negotiating for their
export and if interested, please accept my offer at once. Samples at your |
disposal. - - i
X hope to hear from you soon in regard to the small lot of
Bismuth ore offered recently.
P-5- it“the‘“Vlo"pffi.a5f"t851f? e1r’>ii,.Lm.C«°& «°v.W
Ores; Rare Minerals, Ferro Alloys
Asbestos, Crude and Fibre
1 7 State Street (Battery Park)
(CHESEBROUGH BLOG.)
New York, N. Y. April 26-07.
Average analyses of LITH1A ORES.
Spodumene .
Lepidolite.
Amblygonite
Si 02 63.4 %
Al2 03 28.22 %
Ca 0 1.54 %
Na20 2.12 %
Li20 4 to 6 %
Si 02 48.61 %
Al2 03 22.36 %
Ca 0 .64 %
Na2 0 .38 %
Li2 0 4 to 6 %
K2 0 16.16 %
Mn 0 2.05 %
P2
I]
Na2 0
Li2 0
46 to 48 %
32 to 34 %
4 to 10 %
0.4 to 1.5 %
6 to 8 %
To the Laboratory of
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, N.J
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LITHIA^HYnPATE in stock, 'of which 3
mail. This sample being
the office in a well closed bottle, fcfc may be somewhat elided out, whiohj
f&ct I.will not fail to mention for good order's sake. I can offer you
this lot 0 *1.50 per lb. f.o.b. Hey/ York, and shall be pleased to re¬
ceive your acceptance. ]
I also beg to advise that it. has been overlooked by the ware¬
house tieople that there are about 25 lbs. of LIT5IIA 0AR3OIb-.TS. same
as furnished you, left over, and as I have cleared out this stock I
would like to send you this little lot, at the same price as the 1100
lbs. furnished, ■ toge ther with the hydrate, and would thank you to
advise at your earliest convenience whether you are willing to take
it.
j^Very truly yours,
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Orange, %? J .
.Dear Sir:-
I herewith bog to inquire whether you have cone to a
conclusion in the meanwhile, as to what form you will buy LITKIA in for
the future, whether as Lithia Carbonate or Lithia Hydrate, or in the
form of Spodumene.
I am reverting to this question* to-day because- I expect
next Tuesday the visit of a European manufacturer of Lithia Carbonates,
who is. very well placed in this article, and I should be glad therefore
to hear from you by return what quantities of Lithia Carbonate you would
eventually care to contract for and when delivery would have to be made.
ICindly give this natter your promt attention, as I
feel confident that I can sunply you to good advantage, and I would like
to avail myself of my friend's short stay in America to do this business
with you.
Kespec tfull.y yours.
EGii/lI!
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Thomas A.
Dear 3iri'
to any- Jg-'
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In reference to the telegrams exchanger! to -nay I bog
'on have bought from me last Friday
2000 lbs. of TjITI’IA CAH30KATE conforming to the rules of
the U. 3. Pharnacopoea, and as per sample submitted,
G 80 f ' per lb. deliverer! f.o.b. S.R. cars at Orange, K.J.
i or shipment by the first of March 1908, terms net cash
promptly after arrival at your place.
I note that Mr. Merck has made you a lower price
o.ter our conference, and. while this does not away with the fact
tnat you have given me the above order I do not want you to feel, as
if you were losing money in buying from me and an willing to meet any
honest competition for the sake of future business with you, if you
will state at which price T.ITIIIA CARS OKA IE of equivalent quality has
been offered you; for the present the sale agreed upon verbally is in
force .
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Thomas A. Edison, Esq.
ORANGE, N.J.
Dear Sir:-
In reply to your yesterday's l^vor I beg to advise , that
Mr. Merck, in quoting you 50 / per lb./on U.P.Lithia Carbonate,
had only one object in view, namely tp press a new raanuf acturer
of it to the wall. and should he succeed in doing so he will soon
raise his price again to more thaiy a dollar. However, the new
manufacturer I am in connection v^ith is much better situated than
the one for whom Mr. Merck is thfc agent and the outcome of this
issue is most doubtful therefonra. Anyhow, as long a3 you can keep
these two competitors lively, Mm are bound to get Li thi a Carbonate
at unprecedented low prices, mA as I am having no binding arrange¬
ment with anybody and am marily acting as a broker, I an offering
you my co-operation, and as /ou have bought the best and cheapest
Lithi a Carbonate from me iA the past I hope this will also be the
in the future, and I fehall be pleased to call upon you again
in this master after having conferred with the manufacturer whose
material I have been of faring you, and expect to see you at the end
of this or beginning of pext week.
iwhileyt an, dear Sir,
esr/pj?.
■N'rta ^joclt, -Nr. 5. December_,16~07.
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at the price of 45 / per lb. delivered at Orange, N. J. and the condition#
and terras stated in the contract -frith the following clause:
"The purchaser must bo a consumer of Lithium Carbonate whom we
do not know as such and who is the first one to use Lithia for the
purpose he does'.1
I have not disclosed your name to them so far aid they are
inserting this clause probably for the purpose of oust ingjf from this
business by claiming that they have known you before etc. But as
they have not sold you any Lithia Carbonate as yet and you have
promised me to protect me in this matter I will give you the following
details as to the origin of their Lithia Carbonate. "
Mallinckrodts are not the manufacturers but the selling agents
of it and it is made by the "Western Chemical Reduction Co. "at Omaha,
Nebraska, who are working Amblygonite which they mine in the Black
Hills. This firm has been founded by a certain Herman Reinbold and,
knowing his business methods, it is very likely that either he or
the Western Chemical Reduction Co. will approach you, in which case,
I understand, you will be kind enough to refer them to me.
For good order's sake I have asked Mallinckrodts to send a
sample of their Lithia Carbonate and as soon as it reaches me I shall
re-forward it to you.
I now consider the contract as closed, will give your name
the Mallinckrodt Chemical Works and put them under the obligation
not to disclose your name as buyer of. Lithia Carbonate to others,
you have stipulated.
^-^Voyy truly yours ??
.NSR/PF.
_
Denver, Colorado, December 18, 1907.
Orion,
Care Engineering and lining Journal:
Hew York, H. Y.
Dear Sir:
I wish to inquire how much bismuth ore you want,
and what grade you would accept. Also in what locality re¬
quired.
Very truly yours,
Hotel Belvederi
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Mr. Thoms A.- Edi
Orange, H..T.
Dear Sir:-
I have your esteemed favor of the loth inst . , requesting
that I communicate at once with the Manager of our Australian Com¬
pany, asking him to obtain, through the Government geologists,
full information relative to bismuth ores.
I am asking him to immediately take up this matter, and
ascertain what, countries in Australia produce bismuth ore, and to
obtain quotations thereon, quantities obtainable, time of delivery
etc.
I am writing our Mr. Wyper very fully in regard to the
matter today, asking him to obtain the necessary information, and
forward same at once. Immediately I hear from him, I will be
pleased to submit r,he information to you.
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Deo. 23, 1907.
Ur. Thomas A. Edison,
We are obliged for your favor of 21et instant
and are writing to our bouses in Peru, Chile and Bolivia
to give us all the Information they can regarding these
We think it would probably facilitate matters * J
if you could give us some idea as to quantity in which you
might possibly be interested|and also what percentage ^ ^
of bismuth you would expect the ore to contain.
You, of course, understand that it would be <|L l
at least two or three months before we could have reply i i
to the inquiries we are putting to our South American ^
Houses* - & -f
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I am very sorry indoad that ho did not see any way to help you
out in this matter and I am sura Mr. Hammond will also he extremely
aorry beoaune I know that it would bo Mb desire to accomodate you in
any possible way. Mr. Hammond may be Vest for some little time, but
his return I will refer your letter to him. and it may be possible that
he can find soma way to assist yon.
If yon hare any further suggestions to mafce, please lot
me hear from yon again, and I would he1 very glad to maXe any
fju-thor inquiries for you, if you care to have me do so.
Yours faithfully,
Secretary.
: “ ZYMOTIC, NEW Y<
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT
NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO.
d^mrnnoa Q/£dtf>on~ EDISON MANUFACTURING CD.
BATES MANUFACTURING CO.
10 Fifth Avenue.
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IV YORK,N.Y.
Dec. 27th, 1907.
A. Edison, — -
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Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange ,
Dear Sir:-
I hag to acknowledge reoeipt of your note, just received,
requesting that I communicate at once with our representative at
Buenos Aires, asking him to go to the government Bureau of Mining,
or Geological Survey, and ask if ary bismuth ores are mined in the
Argentine, or if such ores are shipped to England or Germany, and
by whom, prices, etc., etc.
I shall immediately communicate With Mr. Kennedy, our
representative, asking him to give the matter his special attention,
and reply very fully at the earliest possible moment .
Yours very truly, ~
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Manager Eoreign Department.
EIGN DEPARTM Ef>
V/. S.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Orange, N. J.
Llewellyn Park,
Dear Sirs-
In reply to your letter of the 20th inst, will say that
we do not receive Ores containing Bismuth j but frequently h ear
of then in connection with our purchases of Load Ores.
If you desire we will remember you in this matter and
communicate with you.
A number of years ago we experimented on the extraction
of Bismuth from Pig Lead and Bullion on a combination of oxidizing
procoss and electrolytic refining. However, the amount of
Bismuth contained was so small that we could not figure out a
commercial success for the process.
Hr. ThomaB A. Edison,
Llewellyn Park, Orange, N.J.
Lear Sir:-
Your favor of the 26th inst. has been received. We smelt
only the lead ores which are produced in Missouri and adjoining States,
all of which are entirely free from bismuth. I do not know of any
bismuth ores, but you can probably obtain by-products containing a high
percentage of bismuth from the electrolytic lead refineries of The
Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd., at Trail, B.C. and the
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YORK OFFICE:
08-05. CENTRE STREET
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LXJNA. LEAD O OMPANY
DEMLNG SMELTER
December 31s'
I 1907.
Mr. Thomas A Edison, (jbrCk.
Orange, New Jersey.
Dear Sir:- U- Cv«*-» \
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Your inquiry in reference to Bismuth, litys
in reply will say that we occasionally get
small quantities of Bismuth, but not iirr-.or
Ve are advised, however, that Mr. Joseph Mullein^
of Bisbee, Arizona, has a mining property from which considerable
Bismuth ore can be taken, and we give you his address so that you may
write him if desired.
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*2<JU ***££* feKvoL -fa
to Bismuth. lilAs been received and
— ,£2L..
-y ^t samples cJrore containing
ommeroial quantities.
V/e regret that we are unable to give you more
definite information, but assure you that if we should be able to
locate any Bismuth we will be pleased to advise you regarding same.
Yours truly,
LUNA LEAD COMPANY.
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V/HP-R Baltimore, December olst, 1907.
Mr. Thomas A. Edison,
Glenmont, Llewellyn Park,
Orange, New Jersey.
Dear Sir:-
Acknowledging receipt of your letter of December 26th,
in regard to Bismuth, please be advised that there is Bismuth in
our slimes. I air. having the proposition looked over, and in the
meantime will you kindly write me as to about what quantity of
Bismuth you will require.
Yours very truly,
Manager.
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